[torqueusers] TORQUE 2.3.12 final release available

[Ken Nielson]

On 08/30/2010 03:18 AM, Jan Švec wrote:
> Hi,
> not so long ago I've been told that 2.3 branch is stable and 2.4 is
> beta. Is it true? Which branch is now stable? 2.4 or 2.5?
>
> Thank You
> Jan Svec
> _______________________________________________
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With the release of 2.5 the 2.4 branch will now be the stable branch. 
What does that mean for 2.3?

The 2.3 branch is still viable code. If you are currently using the 2.3 
code branch and it meets your needs there is no push to try and get you 
to a newer branch. However, if there are any bugs found in the 2.3 
branch, fixes for those bugs will no longer be committed to the tree. It 
will be incumbent upon the user to maintain their own fixes.

The 2.4 release has been around for nearly a year. It has received 
numerous bug fixes and some new enhancements. It has been deployed on 
several systems around the world and has proven to be reliable. It will 
continue to be updated with bug fixes and well contained minor feature 
enhancements. It is now the official stable branch because we are going 
to leave it alone as far an new development is concerned.

The 2.5 branch was just released in July. It had some significant 
changes and in spite the efforts of many to make sure we got a clean 
release there were some critical bugs found and we have been working to 
get those fixed. 2.5.2 should be released soon. We can evaluate the 
stability of the release once it is deployed. We have our fingers crossed.

The 2.5 branch will also continue to get minor enhancements that will 
not go into the 2.4 branch. The policy to allow new features is what 
makes the 2.5 branch not the stable branch. However, the intent is to 
make it just as usable and stable as 2.4.

If you have any questions please post them here.

Thanks

Ken Nielson
Adaptive Computing