On Friday 10 January 2003 15:47, Thomas Backlund wrote: >Well, IMHO they needed to release the beta1 to get a "basesystem" >to start the package voting from... > >And I dont care if the name used is "beta" instead of "alpha", since >it's just that, a name... I mean what's the difference in for examle: >1 x alpha + 4 x beta, or 5 x beta... > >It's when the switch goes from 'beta' to 'RC' when things like >this shouldn't appear anymore... > >IMHO 'beta' simply stands for work in progress, so in >the beginning of the process 'bugs' like this will appear... > >and 'RC' stands for "giving it the final touch" / fixing >the last bugs... > >Thats the development process simplified ... (by me ;-) ... ) > >-- >Thomas
You make very good points. Good enough that I'm reconsidering my concerns over the (very) rough state of the beta-1 release. Still, Things need a lot of work. I hope there is more emphasis on releasing a quality product than on releasing a WIP "on schedule." ~C.S.
