[documentation] [Documentation task] Should I develop against the stable version or HEAD?

[zirafa]

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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Admin Guide
 Category:     tasks
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  webchick
 Updated by:   zirafa
 Status:       active

My personal preference is to develop against the last stable version. 
However, I try and keep up with changes in HEAD and make a note of what
I'll have to do to upgrade.  That way when HEAD branches I already have
digested the things to do (for the most part).  I can understand why
some like to keep up with HEAD though.  It doesn't seem like one way is
really 'better' than the other, though.




zirafa



Previous comments:
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Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:54:57 +0000 : webchick

This question has come up increasingly in the forums and IRC recently,
with all the buzz that's been going on about the installer, etc. and I
remember it also coming up a lot during the HEAD => 4.7 release cycle.


It would be great to get the pros/cons of this documented for once in
the handbook so we can refer people to that page.


We could maybe start with some of the stuff in this reply:
http://drupal.org/node/79006#comment-145788


But I'm thinking this probably needs to be fleshed out more, to go into
more detail.


Anyone have some feedback they'd like to put here? (especially would be
interesting coming from people who were building sites at the time of
the HEAD => 4.7 release cycle, both the "victims" ;) and those for whom
it was made easier.)




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Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:45:02 +0000 : sepeck

You mean more then is already documented here?
http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info


We could add to that page the stuff about code freeze and something
nice and polite that says 'if you have to ask' then you shouldn't use
HEAD. 


It makes the page long but with versioning and such I'd rather it be in
one place for one referal link.