f12, alpha versus beta?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009, Jesse Keating wrote:

> I've always taken offense to the term "release candidate" when there
> is no possible way the candidate could ever be released as is.

  i will agree with that wholeheartedly.  the term "release candidate"
should only ever apply to things that *could* represent the final
release.  so, in that sense, the linux kernel really does take
liberties with that naming scheme.

rday

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