OT: latest stable version not recommended (was: coreutils-cvs build error fixed)

[Bob Proulx]

address@hidden wrote:
> heh, it's nice to get a second opinion, but is there ever a case when 
> "the latest stable version" is ever _not_ recommended?  ;)

Yes, actually.  gzip is one example.  The latest stable version is
1.2.4a but it has been so long since a stable release and many
problems have appeared and been corrected in the test release that the
latest stable release of gzip can no longer be recommended.

Bob