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CCing dev@ again, as some non-PMC members will be interested.

On 4 Jun 2011, at 10:06, Gavin McDonald wrote:

> You have 0.11.0, 0.11.1 and 0.11.2 all of the same release line, you =
only
> need 0.11.2 with the
> other two older releases being available in the archives area should =
anyone
> want those.

We have historically kept these releases on the downloads page so that =
people have a migration path from the original point release through to =
the most recent bugfix release, should that be needed. (This also helps =
people understand what has been fixed/changed since the original point =
release.) As far as I understand, we cannot continue to advertise these =
on our downloads page if they are archived, because we would not be able =
to make use of the Apache mirrors.

> Note that every release fixes bugs ;)

Sure, but only point releases add new features.

So calling them bugfix releases is a decent way to highlight their =
purpose. :P