Earnie Boyd wrote:
This is also tempered with the frequency of changes, correct? Of course. Also the types of changes.
Bug fixes are one thing while feature enhancements are another. More documentation on the project page will help your users feel comfortable with the -dev package. State exactly the differences and how you feel it works. It doesn't seem to matter all that much. I've had occasion to ask a specific user to test out the -dev version and they've been scared to to do that.
Perhaps a red background and a big red "X" are too scary and should be toned down. Again more documentation on the project page is a must. Say exactly what is known to work and what is known not to work. That will help tone down the "big red "X"". I don't put it out if I haven't tested it and had it work for me. So everything works. I have had very few occasions where I do state that something will be changed in release xxx.