[haiku-development] Re: Haiku R1/alpha decisions

Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 2008-08-08 at 12:36:10 [+0200], Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > > Von: "Michael Phipps" <michael.phipps@xxxxxxxxxxx> From: "Fredrik 
> > > Moden" [fredrik@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > > What about calling it DR1? (I know it has been on the list before) 
> > > > At leaset we should state that the intendent target for this 
> > > > release are developers?
> > > 
> > > +1 nostalgia! :-D
> > 
> > +1!
> 
> -1
> 
> I see a huge difference between the BeOS DRs and the alpha release we're 
> aiming at for Haiku. The DRs were really useless to anyone but 
> developers. Our release however, even if mainly targeted at developers, 
> is basically a not quite complete, not yet stable R1. Which is exactly 
> what the term "alpha" is generally used for. Neither does "DR1" convey 
> that this is alpha quality software, nor that the release can already be 
> used -- with care! -- as a BeOS replacement.

Ok, you got me convinced. We may have already picked up the habbit to call 
this Alpha/1 anyways. :-)

Best regards,
-Stephan

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