Comments on: Home beta invites sent out to Qore subs, v1.0 released onto test servers

By: clynchehaun

clynchehaun — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:34 +0000

Seems to be having troubles at the moment…

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:33:07 +0000

Same here Stu. I have a full year’s sub but have seen no email

By: Alpha Male Stu

Alpha Male Stu — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:12:44 +0000

I’m a Qore subscriber, and i’ve not seen this email.

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:50 +0000

There used to is a sharp distinction between alpha, beta and RC.

If “Home” is still in beta the version number should reflect this and be below 1.0 (like 0.9.8) or at least have an extension like 1.0b or 1.0beta1.

By: warlock7

warlock7 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:20 +0000

@Quiiick
Version numbers have very little bearing on things and when a product is ready to ship. It has been an unfounded expectation that 1.0 means release version. If a product is in RC or beta seems to be the only way to tell these days. Many developers are merely referring to build numbers these days. So you can have version 1.0 build 86789090 and it’s still version 1.0.

In other words, versioning doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it does.

By: warlock7

warlock7 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:07:42 +0000

Yeah, they’d better start scrambling with the NXE out now…

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:16 +0000

Was the end of the source email duplicated like it is in the post?

“How to download How to download” etc etc etc etc

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:19:48 +0000

What I don’t understand is the difference between “open public beta” and “official public release”?
And why do they still call it “beta” when the release number (v1.0) suggests otherwise?

By: BraveArse

BraveArse — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:07 +0000

Interesting timing…