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"In 5 days time I will fork whatever we have in development and I will declare it stable branch, release 1.12.0. That’s not going to be a stable version, and we
by wccrawford 15y ago
"In 5 days time I will fork whatever we have in development and I will declare it stable branch, release 1.12.0. That’s not going to be a stable version, and we don’t pretend it is."
... Except that you've called it stable, so you -are- pretending it is.
The only thing I would get from such a naming convention is the sense that you don't actually care about stability, since you call things stable when you know they aren't.
Release Candidates, on the other hand, show you are trying to be stable but realistic about the possibility of showstopper bugs.