On Monday 19 February 2007 1:20:31 am Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > One Q: Why do we need these new names? > > And what is the difference between a pre and a beta? (or an alpha for > that matter.)
It is a question of following the same nomenclature as other projects. And it indicates more clearly the degree of confidence that we have in the release. alpha -> beta -> rc (release candidate) I like this scheme more than simply pre1 -> pre2 -> ... -> pre7 A list of high profile projects that follow this scheme: python, mozilla (seamonkey and firefox), openSUSE, ... External references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Numeric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage http://en.opensuse.org/Download#Development_Version -- José Abílio
