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minus-squareBalder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThere’s also the issue of testing all the packages. They have to make sure all the versions frozen in the repository will work smoothly together.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoSince the packages themselves are not beta, it’s more appropriate to call it a release candidate
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoThe ‘release candidate’ comes later, after the ‘beta’ release, see the official schedule.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoI’m not talking about the current release cycle. I’m just saying that “beta” is a bad name and it probably should be changed
There’s also the issue of testing all the packages. They have to make sure all the versions frozen in the repository will work smoothly together.
Since the packages themselves are not beta, it’s more appropriate to call it a release candidate
The ‘release candidate’ comes later, after the ‘beta’ release, see the official schedule.
I’m not talking about the current release cycle. I’m just saying that “beta” is a bad name and it probably should be changed