Version number discussions are always controversial.
I have only a few constraints on version numbering. I think that it is very important that we not use the Alpha and Beta designations. One thing that our dealings with the the press and blogs over the last year should have taught us is that people do not read. They will see the terms Alpha and Beta and reinterpret them in whatever frame of reference they are in, and it will cause us unnecessary problems. We should keep the goals that we associate with those designations, and assign them to numerically labeled releases
Firefox 0.7 was (debatably) the first usable version of Firefox. There were no Alphas and Betas involved, but that didn't stop people from recognizing that Firefox had reached a usable state.
On Aug 29, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Priscilla Chung wrote: 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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