Quoting Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think the Mac OS X download page on OOo is a tad confusing, if not
> misleading.
> In the column for the X11 build, it has this huge disclaimer.
> *The advanced build is still being qualified but should work well. Use with
> caution and report bugs to the dev at
> porting.openoffice.org<[email protected]>list

not misleading - as it says use with caution and report bugs

> *
> Then it procedes to say the X11 build (presumably as opposed to the other
> column's NeoOffice build) is
> 
>    - Available in a final production quality "gold-master" release.
> 
> Two things, this verbage is left over from when the NeoOffice folks were
> cautious about their release, and called it a "beta".  It has been out of
> beta for some time now.  And now, the 2.0 X11 build is "still being
> qualified" and cannot be, therefore, called a "gold-master release".  Who
> came up with the term "gold master release" anyway?  Sounds *very* trumped
> up.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_to_manufacturing

aka pma ;)

jim

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