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

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

On 09/17/2012 04:06 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>> -----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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How about "public alpha'.  Naming it after a metal implies stability and 
quality.

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