Maybe a helpful metaphor is that the “stable” branch is like the disc based Microsoft Office, whereas the “tests-passed” branch is like the cloud based Office 365. Both are viable options, and both get updates eventually, but for a product that’s fundamentally online already and which has a small support team, it’s more productive to be able to instruct people to update their installations to the current code, so that bugs can be tested and fixed promptly. As a forum admin it’s great to be able to report a bug and update to a version that fixes it within a few days, sometimes even the next day. I haven’t used any other web apps that are as responsive as that. (Not that every bug is fixed instantly, but many are.)
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נושאים קשורים
| נושא | תגובות | צפיות | פעילות | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need a better way to explain what branch to be on, why, and what happens | 15 | 2097 | 30 בספטמבר, 2022 | |
| Enable updates only to a given release | 28 | 3628 | 25 בינואר, 2017 | |
| Which branch of Discourse is used internally? | 15 | 2376 | 2 בדצמבר, 2017 | |
| Stable branch compatibility with discourse_docker and plugins | 37 | 3207 | 3 בפברואר, 2024 | |
| Stable Release Channel | 6 | 2529 | 17 ביוני, 2020 |