Re: Version stability

[Mats Bengtsson]

The installers are the same (or updated) so that shouldn't
be an issue. What could be an issue is bugs, but from the top
of my head, I don't know any really critical ones in the latest
2.9.x versions (however, see the new bug tracker that Graham
has began to fill with bug reports today).

 /Mats

Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:

> Over the past several months I've become a fairly heavy use of Lilypond (non
> developer), I've been upgrading to the latest "stable" installer packages
> (currently have 2.8.5) as they are released with no big issues.  I'm
> thinking this time I'd like to maybe upgrade with the "developer" installer
> package, since I'm seeing some enhancements that I'd like to take advantage
> of (currently 2.9.17) and I know the language a lot better now.
>
> Would a non-programmer have big issues with continuing their music using the
> developer releases?  Do the developer setup packages install everything as
> smoothly as the "stable" packages?  Or should a non-programmer, who is
> nevertheless confident with lp usage, still stick with the "stable"
> releases?  Risk-wise I can tolerate minor software defects and workarounds,
> but would not want to install something that has "show stopper" bugs, but
> dont mind being on the "bleeding edge".
>
>
> Thanks for any insight on this from anyone testing new releases.
>
>
>
>  


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