[Dovecot] 1.0.rc29 released

[Frank Cusack]

On March 30, 2007 5:04:58 PM -0700 Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> 
wrote:
> --On Friday, March 30, 2007 4:52 PM -0700 Frank Cusack
> <fcusack at fcusack.com> wrote:
>
>> It's very easy.  In the dovecot world, "rc" means "development version".
>> Or are you too stupid and ignorant to learn how the versioning works
>> for dovecot.  (Sorry, that's directed to another dovecot thread; I'm
>> not calling you stupid and ignorant.)
>
> That's fine for isolated users supporting only themselves. But it won't
> win any mind share in the boardroom. If you want widespread deployment to
> get proper testing (and hence a larger user base) you need a version
> number that gives business people the confidence to install it. Otherwise
> you'll be limited to avant garde hobbyists who have nothing to risk.
>
> Once 1.0 locks down, you should see a huge expansion of users.

Please don't mistake my email for any involvement with dovecot development.
AFAIK, Timo is the one and only developer.  That's sure to win over your
board and boards worldwide.

FWIW, in my experience, all 1.0 software is utter shit and should be
avoided like the plague if stability is a requirement.  So 0.99, 1.0, etc
is all meaningless to me.

-frank