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@avery I really don't understand why they're even bothering to keep the alpha label... it's more reliable and feature-filled than most ..
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@avery .. betas.
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@syntax My guess is that they're actually keeping to the strict original meanings of alpha/beta, rather than the more recent adaptation ..
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@syntax .. of the term.
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@syntax That is, alpha: not yet feature-complete, but still mostly stable ; beta: feature-complete, bug-squashing is the only thing ..
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@syntax .. left to do before release.
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@syntax Obviously, in such a system, anything less stable/complete than alpha would not be given any release, as it would be kept to ..
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@syntax .. the dev tree, and maybe nightlies.
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@psquid Ah. You're right, that isn't really how I think of alpha/beta software at all. Thanks!
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@avery ... when Duke Nukem Forever will be released ? :p
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@syntax It's not how the vast majority of people (even most developers) treat the terms now, anyway, so that's not that unusual.
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@psquid Screw unusual - I'd rather get things right.
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