[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope 2] Skipping beta releases?

[Florian Schulze]

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:13:48 +0200, Andreas Jung <lists at andreas-jung.com> 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the current release model of Zope 2 is based on doing at least one beta
> release for minor releases (Zope 2.7.X where  X > 0). I have the strong
> impression that beta releases are not adopted and tested by most people.
> They usually use the "final" version of a release. So most bugs are
> discovered in final releases and not in beta releases. People interested 
> in
> the most current version can and do download the sources from the CVS or
> SVN. So I propose to skip beta releases for minor releases in the future.
> Alpha and beta releases are fine for major releases. Beta releases for a
> minor release can be made if there are some changes or fixes that must be
> tested by people.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Andreas

Hi,

you are right in my case, I almost never test beta releases of minor 
releases.

Regards,
Florian Schulze