Current development version stability

[isolated-matrix]

Hi there,

I have been waiting for v2.8.0 to release for a while (ever since I saw that it was going to include support for elements from the periodic table), but it is taking a lot longer than planned (which is fair enough—I'm not accusing the developers of negligence!) and I would like to use those features sooner rather than later.

I was just wondering if the current development version of MDA is stable enough to run without crashing? I ask because I assume there were some unforeseen problems that have delayed the official release, but I do not know whether these are fatal or are just tweaks that need to be made before release.

[IAlibay]

@isolated-matrix we are currently in the process of releasing 2.8.0, probably at some point this week. The delay is purely down to lack of time.

[isolated-matrix]

I perfectly understand—things always come up, and programming can be particularly painful and time-consuming (at least, in my limited experience). I don't want to come across as being pushy, impatient, or self entitled in any way, I just wanted to check whether installing the development version would be likely to give me results faster or not.