[freetds] stable freetds release

[Bower, Wayne (Wayne)]

On http://www.freetds.org/ there is a quick link to the latest "Stable Release". Clicking on Software at the top of the page displays the software page with a link to ftp.freetds.org and then clicking on this link and the stable directory link reveals numerous versions. It looks like the "Stable Release" link on the home page is the freetds-stable.tgz dating back to 08/17/2011 in ftp. Is there a description of what "Stable Release" means and why the version dating back to 2011 is considered the latest stable release when the ftp stable directory includes many newer versions? Are these equally stable?

[Sergio NNX]

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
On http://www.freetds.org/ there is a quick link to the latest

"Stable Release". Clicking on Software at the top of the > page displays
the software page with a link to ftp.freetds.org and then clicking on
this link and the stable directory

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
link reveals numerous versions. It

looks like the "Stable Release" link on the home page is the
freetds-stable.tgz

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
dating back to 08/17/2011 in ftp. Is there a

description of what "Stable Release" means and why the version dating

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
back to 2011 is considered the latest stable release when the ftp stable

directory includes many newer versions? Are

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
these equally stable?

I had the same problem/conflict a few weeks ago! I just sort all the files by date and get the lastest one. However, sometimes prior versions have latest dates! We need some clarifications here.

[James K. Lowden]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:18:39 +0000

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
It looks like the "Stable Release" link on the home page is the
freetds-stable.tgz dating back to 08/17/2011 in ftp. Is there a
description of what "Stable Release" means and why the version dating
back to 2011 is considered the latest stable release when the ftp
stable directory includes many newer versions? Are these equally
stable?

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:45:10 +0000

Post by Bower, Wayne (Wayne)
I had the same problem/conflict a few weeks ago! I just sort all the
files by date and get the lastest one. However, sometimes prior
versions have latest dates! We need some clarifications here.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will look into it as
soon as I get a chance.

A new "release" tarball is generated once a day if any change was made
to the release branch. It's done automatically so that small
corrections to the release are made available without delay.

It looks like since the switch to git things got rather out of hand. I
will reorganize the stable directory to make it comprehensible.

Regarding dates-vs-versions, remember that it's not a decimal system:
91.99.3 comes before 91.101.3. If you apply that logic, you should see
that bigger numbers always come later, except maybe during the
transition to the new VCS.

I hope that answers any questions. Stay tuned for further updates as
events warrant.

--jkl