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Nice! How long does vim usually stay in beta? I'm not familiar with Vim's release cycle

truncate 13y ago
Quoted their website - 7.3 has more than 950 patches, that's too many! Time for a new (minor) release. The plan is to (1) improve Python support, (2) include a faster regexp engine and (3) include pending patches and fix bugs. A test version should be available end of May. The release happens when it appears to work well.
ulisesrmzroche 13y ago
You know, I just realized that I've been working with vim for 3 years now and I'm not familiar with it either, haha! I guess I never thought it before. Can anyone give more details about this topic?
alecdbrooks 13y ago
I'm not either familiar either, so I looked. There were 28 days between the announcement of 7.3a and 7.3, 46 between 7.2a and 7.2, and 7 between 7.1a and 7. It took 45 days to go from 7's first beta to stable release. For many of these, there were several beta releases, so there's a good chance we'll see a 7.4b or 7.4c. I would say that it certainly won't take more than two months before 7.4 is released and probably will take less than a month. You can sign up for vim-announce here: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php http://www.vim.org/maillist.php. Sources: 7.3a: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/lSlC6cUV5TY https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/lSlC6cUV5TY 7.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/ZsAu_RUjVUs https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/ZsAu_RU... 7.2a: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_multibyte/FVRKk5N5YcA https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_multibyte/FVRKk5... 7.2: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/LIlnHdkogS8 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/LIlnHdk... 7.1a: http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Vim-version-7-1a-BETA-has-been-released-td1223481.html http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Vim-version-7-1a-BETA-has-b... 7.1: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178 7: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/161 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/161 7b (there was no 7a, apparently): http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/153 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/153

Quoted their website - 7.3 has more than 950 patches, that's too many! Time for a new (minor) release. The plan is to (1) improve Python support, (2) include a faster regexp engine and (3) include pending patches and fix bugs. A test version should be available end of May. The release happens when it appears to work well.

ulisesrmzroche 13y ago

You know, I just realized that I've been working with vim for 3 years now and I'm not familiar with it either, haha! I guess I never thought it before. Can anyone give more details about this topic?

alecdbrooks 13y ago

I'm not either familiar either, so I looked. There were 28 days between the announcement of 7.3a and 7.3, 46 between 7.2a and 7.2, and 7 between 7.1a and 7. It took 45 days to go from 7's first beta to stable release. For many of these, there were several beta releases, so there's a good chance we'll see a 7.4b or 7.4c. I would say that it certainly won't take more than two months before 7.4 is released and probably will take less than a month. You can sign up for vim-announce here: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php http://www.vim.org/maillist.php. Sources: 7.3a: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/lSlC6cUV5TY https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/lSlC6cUV5TY 7.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/ZsAu_RUjVUs https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/ZsAu_RU... 7.2a: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_multibyte/FVRKk5N5YcA https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_multibyte/FVRKk5... 7.2: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/LIlnHdkogS8 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/LIlnHdk... 7.1a: http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Vim-version-7-1a-BETA-has-been-released-td1223481.html http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Vim-version-7-1a-BETA-has-b... 7.1: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178 7: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/161 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/161 7b (there was no 7a, apparently): http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/153 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/153