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Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:58 pm
by kenmo
Thanks a lot Fred + co!

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:26 am
by rudz
Thanks! :)

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:20 pm
by MC2015
Cool! Thx!

just one LTS-question: Do I have to do a fresh installing or can I just overwrite the existing PB-LTS-Folder?

thx

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:28 pm
by Fred
You can overwrite it.

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:51 pm
by unset
Thanks for all the hard work!

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:32 pm
by Zach
I haven't really been keeping up like I should, I'm just wondering why the LTS was added to the PB name and what its about

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:51 pm
by Danilo
Zach wrote:I haven't really been keeping up like I should, I'm just wondering why the LTS was added to the PB name and what its about
LTS = Long Term Support

It means ALL known bugs get fixed within 2 years. After 2 years, the final LTS version should be stable.
In the meantime new non-LTS-versions (like 5.3x) with new features (and new bugs) can arrive.
No new features are added to LTS versions, just bug-fixes for 2 years.
LTS was introduced because commercial developers want/need some more stability and bug-fixes,
without new features and new bugs.

See also: http://www.purebasic.fr/blog/?p=437

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:56 pm
by Zach
Ah ok.. That makes sense. Thanks.

Interestingly enough I noticed on the Wikipedia talk page someone said there is an edit war going on as to whether or not 5.21 is the latest version :|

Really guys?

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:59 pm
by Danilo
Zach wrote:Interestingly enough I noticed on the Wikipedia talk page someone said there is an edit war going on as to whether or not 5.21 is the latest version :|
New versions get announced in this forum, so PB 5.21 LTS is latest version.

EDIT:
PB 5.21 LTS announcment is missing from http://www.purebasic.com/news.php
Could be the reason for the discussion you mentioned.
[u]Fred[/u] wrote:The final version of PB 5.21 LTS is out :)

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:09 pm
by Kuron
Zach wrote: Interestingly enough I noticed on the Wikipedia talk page someone said there is an edit war going on as to whether or not 5.21 is the latest version :|

Really guys?
Perhaps it is because of not adhering to the LTS. Instead of the patches being applied to the 5.20 LTS version, the patches were released in a new 5.21 version and now this is the new LTS version. Since the version number keeps changing, it is not a "traditional" LTS as most people are used to and it could be causing confusion for some people and hence the issue you mention. Haven't read the wikipedia page and don't plan to. People will complain about anything. As long as Fred keeps working to stabilize PB, I could care less what version number it is.

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:26 pm
by Zach
Maybe so, but after how hard we fought to keep the page from being deleted, it seems rather unfortunate for it to fall into the typical Wiki tropes.

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:55 am
by Kuron
Zach wrote:Maybe so, but after how hard we fought to keep the page from being deleted, it seems rather unfortunate for it to fall into the typical Wiki tropes.
Wikipedia is an odd beast. You visit it because it often has good info, but at the same time you realize there is often no legitimacy or credibility to the info you are reading. :wink:

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:53 am
by netmaestro
That was SpiderBasic. No big news for PureBasic coming.
Fred wrote:...we are currently developping since almost one year a similar product called SpiderBasic which will allow to write complex applications running in the web browser using PB like syntax...[]

[..] ..That's the big announcement we wanted to share with your early this year and wish you an Happy new Year 2014 :)

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:37 am
by PB
> there is often no legitimacy or credibility to the info you are reading

A study in 2005 found Wikipedia to be as reliable as Britannica.

> is there an update planned

For PureBasic: always. There were 3 updates last year, which is way
more than other competing Basics. Relax, PureBasic is here to stay.

Re: PureBasic 5.21 LTS is out

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:27 am
by Lebostein
PB wrote:Relax, PureBasic is here to stay.
There are a lot of bugs to fix, which were accrued over the last 3 months.
I do not hope that PureBasic will be neglected in the future...