In article <4012f4d8@news.povray.org> , Wolfgang Wieser <wwi### [at] gmxde>  
wrote:

>> The consequence would be users coming years later and reporting bugs in
>> versions they think are current.  This is exactly what happened in the
>> days
>> when source code was available.  And it was before the WWW was around...
>>
> (1) That is why I always get the newest release before reporting a bug.

If you do it doesn't mean everybody else will.  Just look at all those
Outlook Express exploiting "emails" around even after bugs had been fixed a
long time ago and there is a rather easy update feature...

> (2) Every bug report needs to contain a version number.

Tell that to users.  You would be surprised how many even manage to report
the *wrong* version number...

> (3) So what? The current code is year(s) old -- what makes the difference ;)

I explained that before.  That there was no 3.5.1 had no developmental
reasons.  Apart from that, inn general, there is a huge difference between a
current version that has been released a year ago and a outdated long
replaced version that has been released five years ago!

    Thorsten

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