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> It used to be that even-numbered releases fixed bugs and stabilized the OS, with notable features coming in odd-numbered releases. That's a myth. The stabili
by lapcat 3y ago
> It used to be that even-numbered releases fixed bugs and stabilized the OS, with notable features coming in odd-numbered releases.
That's a myth. The stability comes from minor bug fix updates, not from major updates. And the even-numbered Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for example had huge new features, such as Spotlight, Dashboard, VoiceOver, etc. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar also had huge new features.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37809469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37809469
- xctr94 3y agoI stand corrected, and I’ll rephrase it as “it used to be that every now and then Apple released a version of macOS with notable fixes and small improvements.” I’m not downplaying how much work is going into crazy features that millions probably like. But I make software, and I’m tired of how macOS is now marginally less annoying than trying to maintain an Arch Linux setup.