Le 22/03/15 11:04, Jochen Theodorou a écrit : > Am 22.03.2015 00:09, schrieb Marvin Humphrey: > [...] >> Because "release candidate" and "RC" are specialized terms with >> precise meaning at Apache and because we make a strong legal >> distinction between "released" and "unreleased" code, this is >> extremely confusing. Having something named "RC" which is also an >> official Apache release is... gah, it makes my brain hurt. >> >> Please consider adopting different terminology in the future -- >> "alpha", "beta", "golden master candidate / GM candidate", etc. > > Being new at Apache...how is RC and "release candidate" related to > "released" and "unreleased code"?
It's unrelated. Release is a process, more specifically the result of a process, RC is just a name. Unreleased code is just what is on the repository, not yet packaged as a tar ball that has been voted and endorsed as a release by the project PMC. > > Normally a release candidate is code ready for release, that if > nothing has been found, will result in a full blown release with > unchanged code base. +1 > The terms alpha and beta don't catch that at all. +1 > They are for earlier versions. I did never hear of "golden master > candidate / GM candidate". Because there is nothing like a rule at The ASF that tells you you must deliver golden master whatever. The ASF is quite directive about what is a release, it's totally silent on which name you should use for a release. You can even use a code name, like Ubuntu does... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
