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On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com)
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> On 10/09/2015 07:53 AM, John Doty wrote:
>>> When you have a year old stable release and a year old unstable
>>> one new adopters think this is abandoned and ignore it.
>>
>> Not me. That suggests to me that the software is mature and ready
>> for prime time.
>
>   Bravo.  But unfortunately this is not a common attitude today.  With
> "these kids today", if it's old, it can't possibly be of any use, and
> if it's not new, it's old.
>
>   An app developer working for one of my clients thought he was a real
> hotshot.  One day in a conversation he gave me a cocky grin and
> proudly said he won't touch a library if it hasn't seen code commits
> in the past month or so.

When an unstable release features are not abandoned or folded into a
stable release after a whole year the project is flailing around.
I agree that at some point a project is finished but having stuff just
laying around unfinished is not a sign of that.

>   He doesn't work there anymore.
>
>                  -Dave
>
> - --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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