ppruett wrote:
> I was showing the openca.org site to someone
> and we talked about the releases under download
> are all marked unstable. We wondered what
> would be necessary to consider a release stable?
Well... this is a wide area... I think we can speak of a
stable version when we'll get closer to the 1.0 - after
adding some new code and having it tested harder...
> more testing, some authority to 'bless or certify'
More testing -> yes
Some authority... -> no
> the package, or for it to install w/o complaints
> for majority maybe, able to meet list of requirements...?
Installation and documentation are two major fixes for the
release to be considered stable (at least to me).
> (the unstable label while true, can make it a little
> more difficult to convince managers to use openca
> for production)
You are right... This could be a problem - anyway I think,
right now, it is still a non-definitive version and it should
be named Unstable (this is not a lie in some of its parts).
Let me know what do you think on this....
C'you,
Massimiliano Pala ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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