----- Original Message ----- > On 8/13/12 10:33 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > It is a test compose of the Alpha. Alpha comes before Beta which > > comes > > before Final. For each of Alpha, Beta and Final, we do test > > composes and > > then release candidates. The first test compose of the Alpha is by > > definition the earliest and most likely-to-be-broken non-automated > > compose we ever create for a given release. > > In fairness, many projects choose not to abuse nomenclature like > this. > Seeing announce messages saying ALPHA HAS GONE GOLD makes my skin > crawl, > too. Alphas are not gold anything. > > It would be far more honest to just call this alpha 1. Sorry, I don't get it - is the problem calling Alpha gold, as it's definitely not gold final release. What's the difference between Alpha and Alpha 1? You mean TCX should be Alpha X (and RC, "final" Alpha?). It was already stated that TCs are not for general public, so in this case it would be non-sense to release Alpha XYZ :) R. > - ajax > > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test