X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fgnulib-intro.texi;h=4cb86b865f31611b1acb358f5744bae4c01c3716;hb=2c35d5c11d2359c7ebb06a3388a544cbe2f9c7f5;hp=fa282a4b29512b39135700a9121176782def052d;hpb=52c2cd2f06d1ed983abb9d86006ca45a75181b2e;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi index fa282a4b2..4cb86b865 100644 --- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintain. @item Security: Gnulib provides functions that are immune against vulnerabilities -that plagues the uses of the corresponding commonplace functions. For +that plague the uses of the corresponding commonplace functions. For example, @code{asprintf}, @code{canonicalize_file_name} are not affected by buffer sizing problems that affect @code{sprintf}, @code{realpath}. @code{openat} does not have the race conditions that @code{open} has. Etc. @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ not a problem, since compiled tests are not installed by ``make install''. Documentation files are under this copyright: @quotation -Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2004-200Y Free Software Foundation, Inc.@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no @@ -312,10 +312,23 @@ information in the corresponding module description. Gnulib modules are continually adapted, to match new practices, to be consistent with newly added modules, or simply as a response to build -failure reports. We don't make releases, but instead recommend to use the -newest version of Gnulib from the Git repository, except in periods of major -changes. The source tree can also be fetched from a read-only CVS that -mirrors the Git repository. +failure reports. Gnulib is available in two qualities: + +@itemize +@item +There is the newest version of Gnulib from the Git repository. The +source tree can also be fetched from a read-only CVS that mirrors the Git +repository. + +@item +We also make stable releases every two months, at +@url{http://erislabs.net/ianb/projects/gnulib/}. +@end itemize + +If you are willing to report an occasional regression, we recommend to +use the newest version always, except in periods of major changes. Most +Gnulib users do this. If you prefer stable releases, please use the +newest stable release. @node Openness @section Openness