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Re: Better name for "unstable"?



Shaya Potter wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote:
> 
> > > Well, there is - XFree86-3.2 looks like a good excuse to me (especially
> > > if it fixes critical bugs).  Maybe we can still do it before Christmas...
> >
> > "stable" is supposed to be a solid, working system.  If people want
> > the latest & greates, then they can use "unstable".   Hmmm...  perhaps
> > it might be an idea to rename "unstable" to "latest"?  I've always
> > found that "unstable" gave the wrong impression since it tends to
> > be very stable.
>
> Developer Snapshot might be a better name, otherwise some CD manufacturer
> is gonna put it on their CD.

The name is a little long, but you bring up a good point.  Personally, I
don't see a problem with it going on a CD, so long as the user can tell
instantly that that tree has not been verified to work as a single entity.
                                             
                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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