[mythtv-users] Nvidia VDPAU

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 17:22:05 ryan patterson 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".

Basically true, but in many cases the beta versions come before the release 
candidate.

Not that I would hold up Microsoft as an example of anything but greed, but 
their RC certainly came after many months of public beta.

Certainly following the dev and commit lists would make for a better "RC" 
experience, but it's not necessarily mandatory, but if you're not reading 
those lists I'd be careful about posting problems that are likely to be 
addressed on the lists.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org