Seems that there is a precedent to that practice:
> With the introduction of Apache 2.1, the Apache httpd project has adopted an
> odd-even release strategy, where development happens with alpha and beta
> releases assigned an odd-numbered minor version, and its general availability
> (stable)
There are already a lot of differences between the code in the git repository
and the 4.4 version (the new gamelist window, the engine tournament from
scidvspc, FICS premove, undo/redo, a lot of fixes).The code is already usable
but need testing to became stable.
So, if there are no objections,