# RC announcements at php.net

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- Started by Ford on 2007-02-16T10:35:39+00:00
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## #28057 — Ford — 2007-02-16T10:35:39+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/28057#28057

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> 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 similar. 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 status, and may not require further qualification.

I suppose, in either case, you could leave RCx appended to the second version number -- even if you don't know what RC stands for, this is another clue that it's not a standard released version. (And serious RC testers can see when it changes, too!)

Cheers!

Mike

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