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On 2/28/12 2:14 PM, Stas Verberkt wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 05:21:35PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote:
>> I cannot tell how often I have said this already. I stay with the even branches until the next even branch comes out. Currently, the machine here runs 8.3 and will stick to 8 until 10.0 or 10.1 will arrive at the scene.
>>
> Just wondering: is there any difference between an even and an uneven
> branch?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Stas Verberkt
> 

To be honest, there shouldn't be.

There's an old saying that goes along the lines of "uneven are
unstable/experimental" but recent comments on the ML have claimed otherwise.