[Test-Announce] Fedora 18 Alpha is hereby declared GOLD

Antonio Olivares wingators at inbox.com
Mon Sep 17 23:06:21 UTC 2012



> -----Original Message-----
> From: awilliam at redhat.com
> Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:27:40 -0700
> To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 18 Alpha is hereby declared GOLD
> 
> On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 17:07 -0400, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
>> At the F18 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting that just occurred, the Fedora 18
>> Alpha release was declared GOLD. F18 Alpha will be released Tuesday,
>> September 18, 2012.
> 
> It's been suggested that we should stop using 'GOLD' when talking about
> Alpha and Beta, and I think this is right. Only final releases should be
> said to have gone 'gold' - this is how the term is generally understood,
> and using it for Alpha and Beta releases confuses people as to their
> status. Jaroslav, what needs to happen for the term not to be used for
> F18 Beta and future Alpha / Beta releases?
> --

How about Gold(Final Release), Silver(Beta), Bronze(Alpha)?
Like the olympics :)

Does that sound better?

Regards,


Antonio

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