Re: Better name for "unstable"?
> On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote:
>
> > Shaya Potter wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
>
> That's actually why I thought the above would be a good name, so we can
> do something like the free bsd project does, release "unstable" developer
> snapshot releases, which we say we don't guarantee as being stable, but
> is the latest and greatest.
I was thinking of (unreleased,prereleased,released) for
(unstable,frozen,stable), but I like (snapshot,prerelease,release)
better. Again, it serves to distinguish clearly between what is
shipping and what isn't, while allowing people who want the bleeding
edge know what they are getting.
>
> Shaya
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> Shaya Potter
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>
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