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Guest
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:01 pm Reply with quote
Guest
Hi all!

Here are a few FAQs for you:


Why are all the releases of RabiitMQ "beta"?


What does "beta" mean in this context?


Should I NOT use RabbitMQ in a production environment?


What are the criteria for a "final" release of RabbitMQ?


Feel free to answer directly or post a link
Guest
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:17 pm Reply with quote
Guest
Uwe

Great questions. We seek advice on how to make this clearer. Please
take a look at this first, and let us know what you think:

http://www.trapexit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=49591&sid=20d06e54360b9122cd625eb6e459cfeb

alexis


On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Uwe Kubosch <uwe@datek.no> wrote:
> Hi all!
> Here are a few FAQs for you:
> Why are all the releases of RabiitMQ "beta"?
> What does "beta" mean in this context?
> Should I NOT use RabbitMQ in a production environment?
> What are the criteria for a "final" release of RabbitMQ?
> Feel free to answer directly or post a link
Guest
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:17 am Reply with quote
Guest
Hi Alexis!

Thank you for the quick reply.


My initial thoughts:


'beta' implies 'unfinished' and 'unstable'


'release candidate' better reflects your description of the status of the release.


Make an event of declaring a release "final", and announce this event in the initial release announcement.
Guest
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:23 pm Reply with quote
Guest
Uwe

We are still discussing this. The current proposal we are looking at,
is to radically simplify the release status descriptions. We may
provide an orthogonal statement concerning 'which version to use' that
politely explains that each release - while QAd to a high standard -
is still ipso facto novel, in order to ward conservative adopters off
being among the very first to use it.

alexis


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Uwe Kubosch <uwe@datek.no> wrote:
> Hi Alexis!
> Thank you for the quick reply.
> My initial thoughts:
> 'beta' implies 'unfinished' and 'unstable'
> 'release candidate' better reflects your description of the status of the
> release.
> Make an event of declaring a release "final", and announce this event in the
> initial release announcement.

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