[General] [Proposal] Milestone and general naming, terminology

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Based on everyone's feedback, it sounds like we should go with 
Philippe's proposal...

Philippe Bossut wrote:
> Conclusion, I'm inclined to:
> - replace our use of "beta" by "Preview" for all our marketing 
> communication
> - use "dogfood" internally when talking about our "alpha" milestones
> - not change our use of "alpha" by something else in our numbering scheme

For Chandler, that would mean sticking to the current numbering system.

0.6 (Dogfood)
   ...
   0.7alpha4
   0.7alpha5
   0.7alpha6
0.7 (First Preview)
   0.8alpha1
   0.8alpha2
   ...
0.8 (Second Preview)
   ...
1.0

For Cosmo, that means the project would be free to *not* use the "alpha" 
term for interim milestones if that is not appropriate. Some near 
release would be labeled "Dogfood" (at least for a certain set of 
end-user features) and another release in the March timeframe would be 
labeled "Preview".

"Dogfood" ==> usable inside of OSAF
"Preview" ==> solid and complete enough for some feature set to be 
usable by people outside of OSAF

Jared, your concerns about "Preview" not sending the right message do 
give me pause; I am won over by Pieter's argument that producing a 
release that someone will find useful will be the more significant 
factor here. :)

Cheers,
Katie