Re: 1.7.0 blocking issues / branching

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:33:04PM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote:
> Given that the most common distinction between alpha and beta is
> "feature complete" I have been arguing all along that the existing
> "alpha" release should have been labelled "beta". I would be +1 on
> changing that for the next release before we branch.

There have been new (small) features and APIs added since alpha1,
e.g. mime-type detection with libmagic.

Once we've branched we'll start the review process for backports,
which will put a definite end to new functionality being added.
I'd say just call the first release from the branch "beta" if there are
known blockers, and call it "RC1" if there are no known blockers.
Until we branch, we should keep calling them "alpha".
Received on 2011-06-15 21:09:33 CEST