Re: vim versions

On Friday, November 3, 2017 at 7:42:14 PM UTC-4, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Renato Fabbri wrote:
> > vim commit messages are tagged with 8.0.1173 (last digit being incremented at each commit)
> > while git pull reports 8.0.1257.
> >
> > Are these the stable versions?
> > Which of these are the correct numbering and why do they differ?
> >
> > Also, are there alpha and beta versions and how to reach them.
> >
> > Best and cheers,
> > R.
>
> AFAIK, the latest Vim "bleeding-edge" state-of-the-art Vim version is
> 8.0.1257 and the latest not-for-tags commit says "patch 8.0.1257: no
> test for fix of undefined behavior". This was
> https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2973daafe1732963b8924cb9df53c608804d66b3
> — I suppose this is the latest alpha, or maybe beta, if there is one.
> By compiling and installing this version, then running it, the startup
> splash screen (or the :intro command) tells me this is "version
> 8.0.1257".
>
> I'm not sure what the "latest stable" version of Vim would be at this
> point in time. I would guess no earlier (but maybe later) than 8.0.0,
> though the current version distributed by openSUSE Linux is still
> 7.4.326. I'm all for the latest development version but YMMV; however
> when reporting a bug, users are of course advised to check first if
> the bug is still present with all known patches installed. You can see
> at any time a one-line description of all 8.0 patches so far by
> browsing to http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/8.0/
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

First, I am extremely grateful for all the work the entire vim community does. I absolutely enjoy using vim/MacVim.

I randomly update using git pull and then compile, but finding out why usually remains a mystery. I updated last because I read a tweet that incremental search was now built in instead of being a plugin. To me, that is a pretty big deal but it isn't obvious even in the one-liners you referenced. It would really be great if features and critical fixes were better announced.

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