Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:39:13 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd naming of releases Message-ID: <4248EA01.6030902@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20050328231825.K52981@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> References: <3aaaa3a0503271958205ca8e1@mail.gmail.com> <20050327230550.J39188@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <4248BBB8.3090405@pacific.net.sg> <20050328231825.K52981@lexi.siliconlandmark.com>
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Hi, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> It would be much easier for many users to understand terms like >> "alpha", "beta" or "production" as others to it. There is not other >> meaning in "release" as it is released but for what purpose? > > > Release announcements usually include the expectations for the release. > Would you run anything that said "Preview" on a production server? > It is not what you do with it but how easy it is to see what it is ment for. > > I find that the terms "alpha", "beta" and "production" do not quite fit > the FreeBSD development paradigm. (Is RELENG_5 beta or production?) > It is pretty simple. There will be a 5.4 alpha, 5.4 beta and finally a 5.4 final if the code gets stable enough. There would be the same for all other versions. > PS: I'm willing to elaborate off-list (current@ probably isn't the best > forum for this discussion). > Let also the others have some fun. We could switch the list, but to which one? Erich
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