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Those build numbers on the waterfall page don't really matter much. It can increase even when there's a rebuild of the same exact code.

As for the snapshot numbers, a higher number isn't necessarily an indication of being better or more stable or something. The number can go up just from something trivial like adding a comment to the code, updating documentation, or simply fixing a broken build.

Both branches are currently pretty much the same as 1.7.0 with the exception of one minor bug fix (which was applied to both branches). 1.7.1 will likely only contain bug fixes if required. There's one semi-major feature planned for 1.8.0 but nothing has been done for it yet.