From: curt@...
Date: 2004-07-10T02:22:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.2 to be released on July 7?

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:53:01 +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:46:29 +0900, Curt Hibbs
> <curt@hibbs.com> wrote:
> > If its coming out "soon" then I wait before
producing
> the next release
> > version of the Ruby Installer for Windows. But if it
> is not eminent, I will
> > proceed with the latest stable snapshot of 1.8.2.
> 
> I would personally wait; I know there are probably
> people waiting on
> fixes for Windows, but if you release based on a
stable
> snapshot and
> the 1.8.2 preview/release comes even a week later,
that
> means extra
> work for you. I would rather have a version of the
> Windows installer
> that I can be comfortable with for a few weeks (at
> least!) than have
> to upgrade twice in short succession.

I do agree with this. 

If it was going to be two or three months I would push
ahead with the stable snapshot, otherwise the release
candidates I have posted can be used by those who
really want it while we wait for the official release.

Curt