'Useful' releases are a good metric

Posted Aug 9, 2009 15:53 UTC (Sun) by pmichaud (guest, #60150)
In reply to: 'Useful' releases are a good metric by epa
Parent article: "Useful and usable" Perl 6 release coming in April

So I think it would be better to just point out that a new Rakudo release is made regularly, and each release covers more of Perl 6 than the last, although there is not yet a complete implementation. Leave others to decide whether it is 'stable' or 'production' or 'useful' according to their own criteria for those terms.

I agree fully. As I've said in other forums, I have no intention of ever using the word "stable" in association with Rakudo releases. I think "stable" has to be determined within a given context, and even for something like Perl 5 (that has a 15+ year history) the word "stable" can be quite misleading.

So yes, we'll focus on what Rakudo can and cannot do, and try to make it as easy as possible for others to decide if Rakudo is stable enough for their purposes.