Andre Schnabel wrote:
Hi,
Guido Ostkamp schrieb:
Yes, that's clear to me. However I did expect that OOF680_m1, after
calling it officially a "beta" is complete though it is not an "RC"
yet.
What do you mean with "complete"?
By "complete" I mean all scheduled corrections and new features have
been included. I wouldn't call anything "Beta" if there are still
things scheduled to be included.
Quoting from wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage#Beta):
A *beta version* or *beta release* usually represents the first
version of a computer program
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program> that implements all
features in the initial requirements analysis
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements_analysis>. It is likely to
be useful for internal demonstrations and previews to select
customers, but unstable and not yet ready for release.
I think, we are perfectly in line with that description. All features
are in, most of the patches and bugfixes have been integrated. If we
really think that there is *nothing* left to integrate, we have an RC.
André
Just the opposite! Can't be called "beta" because a lot of things are
*not yet integrated* (wikipedia states "...that implements all
features..."). RC is when, after a beta period (all the planned features
and fixes were tested, and regression bugs fixed) you prepare a "before
final" version, RC, that is expected to have no more regressions bugs.
In a perfect world, RC will become the final release, since beta testing
were exhaustive. Just happens that since many people wait for RC to do
some tests, in the RC phase we have some more regression bugs, so have
multiple RCx.
So, in my opinion, we have to reach 0 bugs left (not only integrated)
before reach the "beta" stage, let people test, fix regressions, produce
beta2, wait and fix, when no more regressions are found, go for RC1,
wait, and if is OK go for Final, otherwise for RC2 and so on.
Regards
Marco Menardi
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