Q:

What does "Booting these guys" mean?

I am not native English speaker, but in a conversation with an American guy, I come across this line. I am adding the situation where that guy used this sentence.
He gave me some things to do, I did something and submitted to that guy. For all the tasks he gave this reply. Is this used in a positive or negative context?
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He gave exactly this sentence

Booting these guys to edition "4" out of edition 3.

What did he mean by "booting these guys"?

A:

To boot someone out of a location (e.g., a bar or saloon) is to expel them forcefully. The image is literally kicking them out, with the boot on the buttocks of the person forced to leave. Here, obviously, the use is metaphorical, but the implication is that version 3 should have been left behind long ago, just as the patron should have known he was unwelcome in the bar.

