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Next jmri non test version

 

we need 5.11.2 to use ghosts.
i dont like downloading test versions.
when will the next non test version expected to be available?
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also after reaching 5.10 why wasnt the next non test version 6.0?
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tony
 

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For your second question, I’m not sure why you think it SHOULD have been 6.0??

Are you reading something into “5.10” that I’m missing??

Phil G

On 22 Mar 2025, at 17:22, AD via groups.io <bklyns_baseball_club@...> wrote:

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we need 5.11.2 to use ghosts.
i dont like downloading test versions.
when will the next non test version expected to be available?
?
also after reaching 5.10 why wasnt the next non test version 6.0?
?
tony
 

Note the production releases are even numbers.
 

On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM, AD wrote:


when will the next non test version expected to be available?
Production releases are approximately every 6 months (June and December).

also after reaching 5.10 why wasn't the next non test version 6.0?
The only time the first digit is increased is when there is a major change to JMRI, such as the move from Java 8 to 11 for example.

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If people don't download and test the test versions, then when the release happens, it is untested software....

If there's a new feature you want to use, then try the test version.? ?If it works, great! (please tell people it does what you need).? ? If there's a problem, report the problem and someone can address it.? ?No problem reports, and any problem will still be there in the production release.?

And, you'll be waiting until June to find those bugs...


- Nigel



------ Original Message ------
Date 22/03/2025 17:22:10
Subject [jmriusers] Next jmri non test version

we need 5.11.2 to use ghosts.
i dont like downloading test versions.
when will the next non test version expected to be available?
?
also after reaching 5.10 why wasnt the next non test version 6.0?
?
tony
 

I don't know JMRI's developers' "plan", but the usual reason to jump to a new
major version number is something like a major rewrite or some other major
change.

Version numbers are *not* "decimal" numbers (fractions), so there is no
partitular reasons for the numbers after the dots to "overflow". Different
software projects do different things. JMRI seems to use odd secondary version
numbers for [stable] test releases and even numbers for stable production
releases,

At Sat, 22 Mar 2025 10:22:10 -0700 "AD" <bklyns_baseball_club@...> wrote:


also after reaching 5.10 why wasnt the next non test version 6.0?

tony






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And the scheduled releases / milestones are here:



(5.12 is scheduled for the end of June 2025.)

At Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:11:36 -0700 "stevemac" <steveo@...> wrote:



Note the production releases are even numbers.






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There’s a little bit about the release philosophy here:



The road map, which gives you an idea of when the first numbers change, is here:



(That needs an update, will work on that)

Bob
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Tony,
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I've been running the test versions for 22+ years, since JMRI 1.something. (ISTR they were ALL test versions back then!) I've even installed non-released nightly builds on a few occasions to take advantage of a fix/enhancement.
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That's never caused a problem, so if you need 5.11.2 to use ghosts, go for it!
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Steve
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