[mythtv-users] Nvidia VDPAU

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM, ryan patterson <ryan.goat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM, mark <markhsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would agree with this.  Users should not be referred to the DEV list on
>> RC1 IMHO.
>>
>
> I'm certainly not a developer.  But I wont let that stop me from
> throwing in my two cents.  In my mind a release candidate is unstable
> software that is still in development.  Chronologically release
> candidates come before beta releases (which are also unstable and in
> development).  So I don't see how you can expect to run a RC or beta
> release and not follow the -dev & -commits lists.  The textbook
> definition of release candidate is practically: "development version
> for next stable release".


RC is after "beta".  RC is a "Release Candidate."  It's a candidate
for release.  If KILLER bugs are found, you fix them and release RC2.
If no killer/stopping bugs are found then RC1 becomes the actual
release with nothing but a version.txt changed.