[NTLUG:Discuss] Ubuntu Lucid (was: OT but I suspect some of you know the answer)

[Ralph Green]

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 12:30 -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:48:55AM -0500, Ralph Green wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >   I also recommend people try Lucid.  The 10.04 release candidate came
> > out tonight.  [...]
> >   There were people complaining that the
> > product could not be released in this state, i.e. without a fully
> > working Sun Java.  They needed it for production and seemed to not
> > understand that 10.04 is not ready for production yet.
> 
> ...I haven't read the messages, but somehow I'd expect "release 
> candidate" to mean "this is what we plan to release".  Anything 
> less should probably still be called "beta".
Patrick,
  When the bug I referred to was entered, 10.04 Lucid was only in Alpha
release.  The guy would have a better case now, although still only if
you thought Sun Java was important enough to hold up the release.
 I'd also say the release candidate is usefully tested and called a
release candidate, if the disk itself is believed to be ready to go.
There could still be packaging work going on in the repositories up to
release day.  At least, I think this would not be a unreasonable
position.  I can see the other side.
Ralph