In today’s devchat, I raised a concern about the number of tickets still open in the milestone. RC1 had an initial target date of today, but with 43 open tickets it doesn’t seem like a sound decision to continue with that date.
After a lot of discussion about upcoming dates (for time off, holidays, and other prior engagements) there were a couple of suggestions for how to adjust the timeline:
Favored Suggestion
- BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 4: April 18
- RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1: April 24
- RC 2: April 30
- Release May 7
Please share thoughts or concerns in the comments!