freebsd naming of releases

[Andre Guibert de Bruet]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Erich Dollansky wrote:

> I think he does not mean this. The process behind is fine. The terms used for 
> it are confusing.

They take some getting used to, yes.

> 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?

> I know that there is some explanation for the terms at the site but why 
> should terms be used which need an extra eplanation?

I find that the terms "alpha", "beta" and "production" do not quite 
fit the FreeBSD development paradigm. (Is RELENG_5 beta or production?)

> Keep it simple.

>From this point on, 5.x releases will adhere to the usual KISS versioning. 
>From what I've read for 6.x, the first releases will be closer to what our 
users have come to expect.

Regards,
Andy

PS: I'm willing to elaborate off-list (current@ probably isn't the best 
forum for this discussion).

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