beta5 or rc1

[Torsten Rahn]

> I'd say this is quite off base 

No. It's not. Sebastian has advocated that the only way to "push" a project 
forward means _skewing_ technical terms for release states and _disregarding_ 
matter-of-fact criteria for a release. 
Sorry, but at this stage of development this is way off and demonstrates a 
pretty poor single strategy attempt.

That being said I believe that Sebastian has awesome Community Management and 
Marketing skills, no doubt.  

> Bottom line is that we need to release, and we already know for a fact
> that there will be bugs in the final release. 

With that attitude you can justify _any_ release date. Yes there will be bugs 
in the final release. But if we have the chance to ship an RC1 without any 
known relevant showstoppers a week later (without having the final release 
date being affected by slipping even) then I'd certainly prefer it like that.

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