Release schedule for Plasma Next

[Eike Hein]

On Thursday 30 January 2014 18:23:41 Martin Graesslin wrote:
> > Is Alpha unstable code? A release that contains known critical bugs? why
> > do
> > we release them? Are distros going to package Alphas?
> > Is Beta unstable code? A release that contains known critical bugs? why do
> > we release them? Are distros going to package Betas?
> > 
> > I'm sure that the answer to those questions depends on the user, and no
> > matter what communication effort we do people will continue having their
> > definitions of betas and alphas.
> > 
> > Personally I think we should do a number of pre-releases without any
> > special name, and the moment we think Plasma2 is stable we tag RC1.
> 
> I like this idea! +1

I don't, personally. I think that words have meanings between
people, and that names are an opportunity to communicate.

"Alpha" and "Beta", while perhaps not the most strictly defined
words in the language, have a lot of associated meaning among
the members our audience. It gives them utility, e.g. for mana-
ging expectations and communicating the relative position of a
release in its release cycle.

I also think that whatever definition wiggling room these words
do leave doesn't really run much risk of creating misunderstan-
dings, either.

"Do these words say what we wish to say?" would be a different
argument, but not communicating at all is not an improvement
over using available words that carry significant meaning.


> Cheers
> Martin

Cheers,
Eike