[Development] Proposal to adjust release candidate process

[Tuukka Turunen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Development [mailto:development-
> bounces+tuukka.turunen=qt.io at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Shawn
> Rutledge
> Sent: torstaina 22. joulukuuta 2016 9.25
> To: development at qt-project.org; releasing at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Proposal to adjust release candidate process
> 
> 
> > On 22 Dec 2016, at 08:09, Maurice Kalinowski <Maurice.Kalinowski at qt.io>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hence,
> >
> > Technology Preview
> > Preview
> > Release Preview
> > Release Candidate
> > Release
> 
> Tech Preview is so far the term for a module which is released but we
> reserve the right to continue making API changes anyway, right?  So changing
> that might be confusing.
> 
> And besides, alpha and beta are traditional and well understood.  (Following
> that pattern though, I guess we ought to call the RC a “gamma”, but that’s
> not traditional for some reason.)
> 

:)

If we do not want to call the first development release from the release branch "Release Candidate 1", then I think calling it "Release Preview" is a good approach.

Yours,

	Tuukka

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