On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 20:54 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
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When preparing any release (Alpha, Beta, Preview, RC, GA),
I realize this is being overly pedantic, but "GA" shouldn't be in the list above. You don't prepare a "GA" release. You prepare and test an RC release and if it passes the release criteria it is deemed a "GA."
Referring to "GA" as a separate spin/compose/whatnot gives people (mostly developers :-)) the sense there's another build coming, so changes can be targeted there. And trust me, there's nothing finding a blocking bug at 2am just to have the developer tell you, "Yep, was planning on getting that fixed in the GA spin."
- jkt