Subj : binkd 1.0.4 vs 1.1a
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Oli
Date : Sat May 22 2021 08:12 am

Carlos wrote (2021-05-21):

 CN> Hi,

 CN> I am using BinkD 1.0.4 because AFAIK it is the latest stable version.
 CN> However, most nodes I connect to are using 1.1a-112.

 CN> Isn't that an alpha version? Is it recommended to use that one instead of
 CN> stable?

Is it? I really don't know. There was a time were versions like 2.3g were not uncommon. I guess 1.1a-x was meant as a snapshot from the current branch and the official release would become 1.1.0.

There is not much developing going on. It's mostly a bug fix or other minor changes every couple of month. In that sense it's pretty stable. I think you also could call it a rolling release.

 CN> What's new in 1.1a since 1.0?

No need to wait for a "stable" 1.1 release, it's stable enough. Just make sure you get at least 1.1a-101, 1.1a-99 and below had some nasty bugs.

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