From: "Pena, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-08-08T12:32:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.7-p71 / 1.8.6-p286 released (Security Fix)

From: Urabe Shyouhei [mailto:shyouhei@ruby-lang.org] 
# Pena, Botp wrote:
# > From: Urabe Shyouhei [mailto:shyouhei@ruby-lang.org] 
# > # ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p71.tar.gz
# >
# > Hi Urabe, i just updated to the the latest snapshot 
# ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/stable-snapshot.tar.gz.
# > Are they same?
# >   
# 
# No, that snapshot is for ruby_1_8 branch (future 1.8.8), which is not
# always stable. 1.8.7-p71 is for bugfixes only.

ouch, i thought wrong for so a long time, i was thinking otherwise since it had the infix "stable" on it. Btw, why name it "stable-snapshot"?

kind regards -botp