Renaming the next beta to alpha2?

Stephan Kulow coolo at kde.org
Mon Jun 18 21:04:57 CEST 2007


Am Monday 18 June 2007 schrieb Tom Albers:
> Op zo 17 jun 2007 03:31 schreef u:
> > On Sunday 17 June 2007, tomalbers at kde.nl wrote:
> > > ok, the question is if we can deliver what a user expects from a beta,
> > > a complete desktop with some small bugs.
> >
> > give me a moment to recover from laughing.
> >
> > whew.. ok. so. the question is whether the user expectations are
> > unrealistic and we don't care or whether we should try and pander to
> > these expectations.
>
> I'm a bit surprised this thread has not had any more reactions. I would
> love to know what Sebas, Wade, Coolo, Dirk, David, Laurent, Pino and others
> think.

I don't care. There are as many definitions on what is alpha and what is beta
as there are software projects. But I share the feeling alpha2 is more 
suitable.

Greetings, Stephan



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