From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Refer to GuixSD as beta software Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 16:22:15 +0200 Message-ID: <877ffwb9ig.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5703BDD4.6090903@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43605) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1arnah-0001QQ-0g for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:22:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1arnac-0006eu-27 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:22:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5703BDD4.6090903@gmx.net> (Florian Paul Schmidt's message of "Tue, 5 Apr 2016 15:29:56 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Florian Paul Schmidt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Florian Paul Schmidt skribis: > On 05.04.2016 14:08, Jelle Licht wrote: >> Although it is mostly me nitpicking, I was installing GuixSD on an old >> laptop and noticed that the message of the day of the installation image >> still referred to GuixSD as alpha software. >>=20 >> This patch changes the motd of the installer use the term beta software >> instead. > > Some more nitpicking: I don't know if the Guix project has agreed on the > semantics on the terms "alpha" and "beta", but the usual definition is > that in "alpha" software might undergo big unexpected (by the user) > changes so "so it may BREAK IN UNEXPECTED WAYS." is an appropriate > warning. In "beta" this kind of breakage should not happen. I.e. "beta" > usually means that the general state of the software is stable and no > big breakages are expected, but rather it's a phase of ironing out the > remaining kinks. I think that=E2=80=99s mostly where we are when it comes to GuixSD. Guix i= tself is a bit further. Ludo=E2=80=99.