[mythtv-users] Nvidia VDPAU

[Andrew Herron]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Ken Bass <kbass at kenbass.com> wrote:

> 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".
>>
>>
>
> I take the exact opposite view. A release candidate is a version you
> want a wider user base to test. The expectation is that there will be
> problems but once a release candidate is 'set free', you spend time with
> all the various 'support' issues trying to fixup those problems in
> preparation for the official release (or the next release candidate).
>
> A release candidate comes AFTER a beta release. Typically a beta release
> is to a select group of beta testers. The release candidate audience is
> much wider.
>
> I would not even go as far as to call a release candidate a 'development
> version'. It is more like the final version 'unless major problems are
> found by testers'.


I totally agree with you, and other who have said much the same, 'Release
Candidate' means exactly that... its a potential release version if no 'deal
stoppers' are found. Release Candidates are intended to have a much wider
audience so that nothing major creeps out in the release.

Andrew



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