Thoughts please: 4.54.4 as a stable?

[Julian Field]

Matt Hampton wrote:
> 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
That requires me to maintain 2 versions of MailScanner at any one time. 
Extra work :-( ==> not likely to happen :(

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