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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:35:39 -0000
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Thread-Topic: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net
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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net
From: M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk ("Ford, Mike")

On 15 February 2007 16:45, Antony Dovgal wrote:

> On 02/15/2007 07:42 PM, Steph Fox wrote:
> > > On 02/15/2007 07:22 PM, Steph Fox wrote:
> > > > Hi Tony,
> > > >=20
> > > > We've been here before. Last time it got taken off again
> > > > because it led to user confusion. People didn't seem to know
> > > > the difference between a release candidate and a full release;
> > > > "It was official, it was on php.net."
> > >=20
> > > .. it was explained that it's not a release, but a release
> > > candidate. ?
> >=20
> > I know that, you know that, but thousands don't know what a release
> > candidate even is :)
>=20
> Then we should describe the difference as clear as we can.

DON'T use the word release -- it may carry on being a release candidate to =
those in the know, but in my opinion "release" is likely to imply "official=
" to your general everyday user. Call it a preview, or test version, or sim=
ilar. The word blocks could run something like this:

  Current Release: 5.2.1
  For production use

  Preview of version 5.2.2
  For testing only

or maybe even as simple as

  Current Release: 5.2.1

  Next version: 5.2.2

-- I think the use of the word "Next" is a very clear indicator of its stat=
us, and may not require further qualification.

I suppose, in either case, you could leave RCx appended to the second versi=
on number -- even if you don't know what RC stands for, this is another clu=
e that it's not a standard released version. (And serious RC testers can se=
e when it changes, too!)

Cheers!

Mike

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