[PD] Pd 0.52 test 2 is out

[Dan Wilcox]

My 2 cents:

From a beginners perspective, limiting to the latest (stable) release makes sense as a long list of various versions and tests with only some number and date in a small font / embedded in the file name to differentiate them could be very confusing. Perhaps there is a good middle ground where the option can be enabled by default but the latest, say 2-3 releases are listed with "stable" and "test" better marked? Or perhaps this is the new default behavior and the checkbox is reversed as in it becomes "Show all versions of a library"?

Don't forget that just because you get used to something, doesn't mean that's the best approach or that's the way it has to stay. I recall a few people on this list making that point about certain aspects of the GUI... :)

> On Nov 28, 2021, at 4:05 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 16:05:50 +0100
> From: Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com <mailto:info at christofressi.com>>
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>> I think this kind of unwarned change can be really confusing, see my 
>> case here :) it's a cool option, but maybe not checked by default?
> I also think that the option should be off by default. For example, 
> let's say there is a stable "vstplugin~-0.5.2" package on Deken. Now, if 
> I upload "vstplugin~-0.6-test" Deken would only show that and would hide 
> the stable release...
> 
> Or should we rather stop uploading test releases to Deken?
> 
> Christof

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