Thoughts please: 4.54.4 as a stable?

[Matt Hampton]

David Lee wrote:
> Knowing that the label "stable" means reliable is, to my mind, much more
> important than release schedules.  Aiming at a regular schedule is nice.
> But having the label "stable" mean reliable is absolutely essential.

Agreed.


> So... 4.53.x or 4.54.x ?  My vote is that the "stable" link should point
> to the most reliable.  And I understand that to be 4.54.x .

This may require more effort but how about the old "even are stable" thing.

4.54.x becomes the stable release.  New features are add to 4.55.x.

Bug fixes are backwards ported to 4.54.x

matt