Re: ATTN: AbiWord v2.3.5 Released!

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Tracey wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:18:00 -0400
> From: Tracey <wpiis@gte.net>
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: ATTN: AbiWord v2.3.5 Released!
>
>
> Is AbiWord v2.3.5 a "beta" version?

Yes. You could most definately describe version 2.3.5 as beta.

Generally if the second number if uneven then it should be considered
unstable. This is a convention we (abiword) and various other projects
(gnome) tend to follow.

We hope to hunt down any remaining problems in the 2.3.x versions and then
declare it as Abiword version 2.4. If you are interested we would love
your help in find and reporting any problems with Abiword 2.3.x and trying
out new features. With your help we could possibly reach 2.4 that much
sooner.

If you are worried about stability and have serious work you need to get
done you are probably better off sticking with version of Abiword from the
stable 2.2.x series.

> I just discovered AbiWord not to long ago from : http://www.abisource.com/
> From this I downloaded version 2.2.8 (for W2K)
> The next time I check (within a few days) the web site (above) shows the
> next version is 2.2.9 (and still does).

Although we try our best sometimes there are minor problems which require
a new release in the stable series to fix bugs and sometimes add
translations. There is a full list of
changes for 2.2.9 available:
http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.9.phtml

Although we would recommend you upgraded to 2.2.9 it is not essential and
you can judge for yourself from the list of changes if you think it is
really worth your time and bandwidth for the small improvements.

> Please advise.
> Thanks, Tracey

Hope that helps.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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Received on Tue Aug 23 14:55:06 2005