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

[Ted Leung]

+1:  I prefer preview to beta.

On Sep 6, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:

> 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
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