Re: freebsd naming of releases

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_at_ 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