alpha/beta software in Fedora 8?

[Christopher Aillon]

On 11/28/2007 01:55 PM, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:46:53 -0500
> "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well, I'm not sure how it can be considered perfect when it does not
>> begin to address the "alpha/beta" issue that you think is resolvable
>> with packaging policy.
> 
> "In general, it is preferred if maintainers avoid releasing "alpha" or
> "beta" builds of packages into Fedora (both Rawhide and released
> updates).  However a package maintainer has the right to use their own
> discretion regarding this issue and may provide whatever (s)he sees fit
> for the user base.  Things to consider include the amount of testing an
> alpha or beta release has seen, the timeline to turn said alpha or beta
> into a stable release, the feature sets provided, or the bugs fixed.
> There may be other factors at play as well, which is why the person
> best suited to make such a decision is the package maintainer in
> question."

This would also work.  Just so a maintainer can figure out what general 
path they should be following in a release.  /me likes.