[MonoDevelop] Version confusion

[Lluis Sanchez Gual]

El 24/08/2011, a las 14:27, Matt Calder escribió:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently installed MD from the source on github, branch "master".
> When I run Help-About I see "Version 2.8 Alpha 1 (2.7)". The recent
> announcement was that "The MonoDevelop team is proud to announce the
> release of MonoDevelop 2.6
> Release Candidate 1 (2.5.93).". I see that on github there is a branch
> 2.5.93, and a branch 2.6.
> 
> My questions are: between the branches "master", "2.5.93", and "2.6"
> what are the main differences, and which is to be preferred (and why)?
> And additionally, if someone could give some background on the
> plethora of version numbers that seem to be floating about (2.5.x,
> 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8), it would be very helpful.

2.5.93 is the branch for the 2.6 RC1 release
2.6 is the branch to be used for the final 2.6 release
master is where development happens (and from which 2.7.x unstable releases are made)

If you want to get the latest of the latest (even if it is not considered stable), get it from master.
Otherwise, get it from the 2.6 branch.

Lluis.