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

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2012-09-17 at 15:06 -0800, 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?

Already been suggested and discussed. I think it's cute but it's not any
kind of convention or standard and would probably just confuse people.
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