On 14:54 12 Apr 2003, Ken Deeter <ktdeeter_at_alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
| 3) How "unstable" is 2.5.x? Is it like a "its a CVS snapshot so it might
| not even compile" type of unstable? or is it a "it mostly works but
| there might be a few bugs" kind of stable. [...]
It's the second kind. I've been running 2.5.x fvwms for quite a while now and
they've been very good. They are not random snapshots.
Even CVS is often quite good - I think they developers adhere fairly
well to "don't commit unless the build succeeds" methodology, which
makes using the CVS HEAD checkout at least feasible.
There's LOTS of nice stuff in the 2.5 series - I don't use 2.4 at all and
hope never to have to - I use and like too many of the new features.
The main thing which may bite you is than in 2.5 they feel fairly free
to fiddle the keywords. They tend to keep backwards compatibility to
a degree (lots of nice warnings about "don't use X, use Y instead!"
when you run up an old config with newer FVWM, and often the old keyword
still works anyway, easing transition).
Cheers,
--
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs_at_zip.com.au http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
Indeed! But do not reject these teachings as false because I am crazy. The
reason that I am crazy is because they are true.
- Malaclypse the Younger
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Received on Sun Apr 13 2003 - 19:15:30 BST