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Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-6190:
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Thanks, Dag. Or we could dispense with both the "alpha" and "beta" terms. For
me, the words "alpha" and "beta" refer to milestones in the testing of a
program. The snapshots are more raw than alpha-tested code. Snapshots haven't
even been integration-tested and might not even have been unit-tested. If we
are going to change the terminology, then I'd prefer that we settle on a word
which captures the experimental, buggy nature of snapshots. Note the following
lifecycle:
o During development, we add new features to the trunk. All distributions cut
from the trunk are raw and experimental.
o Shortly after creating a release branch, the release manager turns off the
alpha/beta/snapshot bit. Every distribution cut from a release branch is a
release candidate.
I agree that "snapshot" is the wrong word too. In the Apache world, a snapshot
could just be a release candidate which the community has barely vetted. Maybe
the right distinction is "production" vs "development" or "production" vs
"experimental". Any release candidate cut from a release branch can boot a
production database. A distribution cut from the trunk can't: it's experimental
code which is fit only for development use.
Thanks,
-Rick
> Remove unused alpha versioning code
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> Key: DERBY-6190
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6190
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Network Client, Services
> Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik
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> I believe we no longer use the alpha versioning code, only the beta one. I
> suggest removing the unused alpha versioning code.
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