[Test-Announce] Fedora 15 Beta RC1 Available Now!

[Nathanael D. Noblet]

On 04/08/2011 02:19 PM, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On 4/8/11 12:14 PM, Christopher Aillon wrote:
>>> Its the way we do it.
>> F13 is the earliest mention I can find mention of "Beta RC" on
>> devel-list.  But that doesn't really change the validity of my
>> statement.  It's confusing, and we should change it.
>
> This is fair criticism.  I believe I'm the one that started referring to
> these composes as "release candidates" more vocally.  We needed a way to
> reference the succession of attempted composes for a release point, be
> it Alpha, Beta, or GA.  Calling them release candidates made sense to
> me, however I can see how they could be confusing.
>
> Would it make more sense to refer to these as "Alpha Candidate", "Beta
> Candidate" and "Release Candidate" ?  ac{1,2,3}, bc{1,2}, rc1  ?
>
> It does mean the name will change at each stage, but it should be more
> descriptive as to what stage we're in.
>
> Thoughts?

I like this as well. Seems clear, and then when the candidate 
'graduates' it just becomes 'Alpha', 'Beta' release.... Seems clear to me.


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