frob23 |
10-17-2004 04:44 AM |
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Originally posted by chort
Huh? I thought they were up to RC5 already, or do they treat BETA RCs differently than RELEASE RCs (what would be the point of that, since RC = Release Candidate)?
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lol, it is a common issue. Basically it works like this:
The stable tree is renamed BETA in preperation of a release. In this case the current tree was branched and renamed but the idea is the same. Several BETAs are worked on to get most of the bugs out. When the tree is very stable they rename BETA as RC1 and release that for extensive testing. If any problems are found they fix them and release RC2 and so on. When they are certain the product is very stable and bug free (as humanly possible) they branch the release.
The BETAs are not release canidates and unless someone is a willing to run an unstable system they are not recommended. They want a bunch of people using the release canidates so they can iron out the find issues but the BETA releases are meant to focus on the big bugs.
There should be no "showstopper" issues in an RC unless they manifest only after the RC has been made. BETA is pre-RC basically. The FreeBSD source tree confuses a lot of people... STABLE is actually unstable, BETA is more stable than STABLE, RC -- well most people have a handle on that one, RELEASE everyone thinks STABLE is more stable than a RELEASE but it is the opposite. It is enough to make someone :cry:
:D
EDIT: We have not had any RC releases yet. You're probably thinking of the BETA iso images that are made available to testers.
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