Hi, My feeling is that adding the sentence
"WARNING - DO NOT TRUST ANY RESULTS FROM THIS BUILD OF SAGE" to a prerelease but not for a stable Sage version evokes that we can trust all the results from the stable one. But I'm sure there is still one bug to be fixed even in a stable Sage version. Sébastien On Aug 2, 3:44 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > John H Palmieri wrote: > > On Aug 2, 11:19 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> > > wrote: > >> If there were only pre-release versions of Sage available, and no stable > >> release, then a less prominent message may be ok. But when there are > >> stable releases, and someone is using one that has not had much testing, > >> I believe that should be done in the clearest possible terms. > > >> Also, given the very fast release cycle of Sage (compared to things like > >> Mathematica, not iTunes), by the time someone is using a pre-release > >> version, there is probably already a later stable release. > > > My view is, it takes some effort to get a prerelease version of Sage. > > You don't just go to sagemath.org and click "Download" -- that always > > gives you the latest stable version, as far as I can tell. (Do you > > have to read sage-devel or sage-release to know about the prerelease > > versions?) Because of this, I hope that someone using a prerelease > > knows enough about what they're doing that we don't need flashing > > lights and ringing bells to warn them -- a reminder should be good > > enough. > > > If someone is imposing a pre-release version on other people by some > > sort of system-wide installation, then the person doing the installing > > is probably making a mistake. I hope that the other users will see > > the current warning and send email to the installer saying "Hey, what > > does 'unstable' mean? What happened to the old version?" > > > John > > I can imagine a scenario where a user installs a pre-release version, as > it fixes a problem he has. If Sage is working well for him, he probably > wont bother updating it. Then others use his software, and don't give > the warning too much thought, since it was there the first time they > used it. > > IMHO, hammering home the nature of the build is important. > > As a matter of interest, do any others have a view on which is best? > > 1) > ********************************************************************** > * * > * Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable. * > * * > ********************************************************************** > > 2) > > ********************************************************************** > * WARNING - THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE FOR DEVELOPERS * > * WARNING - DO NOT TRUST ANY RESULTS FROM THIS BUILD OF SAGE * > ********************************************************************** > > So what is it, (1) or (2) ? > > Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
