On Mon, 2012-09-17 at 15:06 -0800, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:27:40 -0700 > > To: test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 18 Alpha is hereby declared GOLD > > > > On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 17:07 -0400, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > >> At the F18 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting that just occurred, the Fedora 18 > >> Alpha release was declared GOLD. F18 Alpha will be released Tuesday, > >> September 18, 2012. > > > > It's been suggested that we should stop using 'GOLD' when talking about > > Alpha and Beta, and I think this is right. Only final releases should be > > said to have gone 'gold' - this is how the term is generally understood, > > and using it for Alpha and Beta releases confuses people as to their > > status. Jaroslav, what needs to happen for the term not to be used for > > F18 Beta and future Alpha / Beta releases? > > -- > > How about Gold(Final Release), Silver(Beta), Bronze(Alpha)? > Like the olympics :) > > Does that sound better? Already been suggested and discussed. I think it's cute but it's not any kind of convention or standard and would probably just confuse people. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
