Re: [General] Milestone and general naming, terminology

[Priscilla Chung]

Thank you Heikki for starting this discussion!! I've been asking the same questions on the Cosmo-dev list recently as well. =) On Aug 29, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Heikki Toivonen wrote: What is Cosmo's milestone numbering scheme? So far there has been a proposal on the Cosmo-dev list to call each milestone 0.5M1, 0.5M2 etc. though nothing is set yet. Perhaps I was the only one who was unfamiliar with the use of 'M's, but as Ted pointed out, it is used in the Eclipse Foundation among other's. If it is widely used in the development community then I'm fine with it.  Next are the terms alpha and beta. Chandler uses alpha to mark a product that is usable inside of OSAF. Beta is something we want the public to give a try; think "Google Beta". I believe Cosmo is using beta to mean feature complete; can you confirm? No, I believe the term beta would mean people outside the OSAF organization will be able to use Cosmo, but it is NOT feature complete. Opposed to Alpha, which people inside the OSAF organization, everyone would be encouraged to 'dog-food' Cosmo. I believe we should unify what alpha and beta mean between the projects. Whole heartedly! Since things are not set in stone yet for the next milestone release of Cosmo, this is a good time to decide on a unified numbering scheme. Cheers, -Priscilla

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