Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:47:06 EST From: TM4526@aol.com To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between releases Message-ID: <d4.1a9c2a60.2ec0fd0a@aol.com>
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In a message dated 11/8/04 10:49:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes: >> How discouraging for you not to understand that. > > Its "discouraging", because a "Release" should be " a completed set of > features that have been tested and thought to be bug-free" >You know that this isn't exactly true. I have yet to see one "release" of any >product that does not have bugs. I probably never will. I think the "thought to be bug-free" covers that, but I know that english is a difficult language. The problem with "getting over it" is that people "think" that a release is thought to be well-tested, but its apparently no different from any other beta release. I think its rather important. When you get a release, you don't expect that some unknown set of features is still in some sort of Beta stage. The purpose of a release is to get what you're doing done, and then start on new stuff based on the "release", which should be a known, completed code base. All part of the experience I suppose.
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