More Modern? STS 3.1.0 vs STS 3.2.0.M2

[ANewSpring]

Hi.

I'm new to STS and Eclipse.

I installed what I thought was the latest, greatest STS:

Spring Tool Suite 3.1.0.RELEASE - based on Eclipse Juno 4.2.1

However, I went back to the download page to look something up and I found:

Milestone Version - Spring Tool Suite 3.2.0.M2 - based on Eclipse Juno 4.2.2

I take it that "M2" stands for "Milestone 2".

Are "Milestone Versions", advanced releases not considered to be fully stable/fully test releases?


Thank you in advance for any information

Steve

[sbirnie]

Yes. Usually "GA" or "RELEASE" are considered production. Milestones are mostly stable but not quite finished and just a step or two away from being considered the next release.

[ANewSpring]

Thank You for the help and the fast reply.

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Generally, our Milestone releases for STS are fairly stable and there are few problems with them. If you are having any issues with our latest GA release, then I would suggest a milestone release.