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@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ All active development is now done on the inxi-perl branch:
git clone https://github.com/smxi/inxi --branch inxi-perl --single-branch git clone https://github.com/smxi/inxi --branch inxi-perl --single-branch
Once new features have been debugged and are stable, they will move Once new features have been debugged and are stable, they will move
to the master branch, which then is mirrored to the master-plain to the master branch.
branch.
===================================================================== =====================================================================
LEGACY BRANCH: LEGACY BRANCH:
@ -209,13 +208,6 @@ than current inxi, it's just old, and lacking in bug fixes and features.
inxi is a rolling release codebase, just like Debian Sid, Gentoo, or Arch inxi is a rolling release codebase, just like Debian Sid, Gentoo, or Arch
Linux are rolling release GNU/Linux distributions, with no 'release points'. Linux are rolling release GNU/Linux distributions, with no 'release points'.
Why this is apparently so difficult for some people to grasp is beyond me,
particularly with Debian, that has Sid, a rolling release, un-versioned, no
fixed release point, package pool. All my code is rolling release, some of
it just happens to roll more slowly than others. inxi moves slowly some months,
very rapidly others. When it's moving rapidly, it's often wise to wait for it
to slow down, but you don't have to.
Your distro not updating inxi ever, then failing to show something that is Your distro not updating inxi ever, then failing to show something that is
fixed in current inxi is not a bug, and please do not post it here. File fixed in current inxi is not a bug, and please do not post it here. File
the issue with your distro, not here. Updating inxi in a package pool will the issue with your distro, not here. Updating inxi in a package pool will
@ -271,6 +263,13 @@ had 2.2.11, you can know with some certainty that inxi has no major new
features, just fine tunings and bug fixes. And if you see one with 2.3.2, you features, just fine tunings and bug fixes. And if you see one with 2.3.2, you
will know that there is a new feature, almost, but not always, linked to one will know that there is a new feature, almost, but not always, linked to one
or more new line output items. Sometimes a fine tuning can be quite or more new line output items. Sometimes a fine tuning can be quite
significant, sometimes it's a one line code fix. significant, sometimes it's a one line code fix.
A move to a new full version number, like the rewrite of inxi to Perl, would
reflect in first version say, 2.9.01, then after a period of testing, where
most little glitches are fixed, a move to 3.0.0. These almost never happen.
I do not expect for example version 4.0 to ever happen after the 3.0 release
of early 2018, unless so many new features are added that it actually hits 3.9,
then it would roll over to 4.
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