Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (505 mails)

[todd rme <toddrme2178@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Kim Leyendecker
<kimleyendecker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Am 07.07.2011 14:45, schrieb Luiz Fernando Ranghetti:
>  >  Maybe we should switch the name from milestone to RC to attract even
>  >  more testers;-)
>
>  No wouldn�t make sense at all. Remeber the failed log-in in M1. If a RC
>  (which is normally associated with a system that�s half-way stable and
>  can be used for normal using, but not for mission critical use) delivers
>  such a failure, the press would rip us to shreds after the first test.
>  My problem with the current scheme is the point that the milestones are
>  planned before. From my point of view, it makes more sense to declare a
>  release that�s still very unstable and in a early development status as
>  "Milestone", a half-way ready release as "Beta" and a three-quarter
>  ready release as "RC".
>
>  Something you would agree with?

If you are going with that route, why not just use "alpha", "beta",
and "rc"?  This would send a clear message to people what level each
pre-release is at.  I personally never much liked the idea of using
milestones because it wasn't clear when it would be expected to be
usable.  Using alpha, beta, and RC would put things in clear terms for
potential testers, while I don't think milestone does.

-Todd
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