[Cosmo-dev] [Proposal] Release terminology

Heikki Toivonen heikki at osafoundation.org
Thu Sep 28 21:42:25 PDT 2006


Priscilla Chung wrote:
> There's been some confusion over the Cosmo release terminology. Some of
> the terms used have had different meaning for Chandler releases.

I think the terminology seemed fine except for a couple of cases.

> *Milestone* (ie. dot releases 0.5, 0.6 , 0.7 etc…):

I'd say this is just a release (or Release if you prefer).

In my mind, and in Chandler world, a milestone is different from a release.

> *Alpha*:
> I'm going to suggest that we not use the term 'Alpha' for Cosmo as a
> designation. If features are not finished within a milestone, then the
> team will decide what features to drop and put into the next milestone.

If I understood correctly, these are what we also call milestones in
Chandler. If Cosmo keeps release cycles short, then perhaps you don't
need these.

-- 
  Heikki Toivonen


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