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

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:52:24PM -0500, Ralph Green wrote:
> > ...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.

Ah yes, it's unreasonable to expect an alpha product to be "production
ready".  I understand now.

>  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.  

Agreed.

Pm