Alpha, beta, ....

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Anna,
I can tell you from experience that they frown on top-posting here. Most
people who mention it to you will not be so polite as I am being now.

Jerry

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From: Anna EdwARds <ash.1574 at hotmail.com>
> 
> Yeah. Firefox 3 was done at alpha 3 (when i never hit a bug again and it pa?
> ssed the atom2 test) but i want to know why they made so many unnecessary c?
> hanges to beta 1. Who is in need of whatever cruddy undergrown super cool t?
> hing? I said the exact same thing when microsoft implemented css support in?
> to their trident engine. Just like i say microsoft needs to have added rss ?
> into their engine before now. If they are going  to add some major new fetu?
> re, prolong the release as long as it takes to be sure that it is mostly bu?
> g free then prolong it another month for compatibility checking. If problem?
> s appear there  prolong it longer. Microsoft should learn to do just that n?
> exT time. Also, dont just start over when you get a quality product.
> 
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> --- Original Message ---
> Date: Sat May 03 12:17:41 PDT 2008
> From: Pastor JW 
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
> 	not for general discussions" 
> Subject: Re: Alpha, beta, ....
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> 
> On Saturday 03 May 2008 11:18:00 am Sandy Harris wrote:
> > Is there a way to find out which pieces of 8.04 are
> > in what state? Alpha, beta, whatever? Seems to
> > me we need one.
> 
> I don't think there is one, how would one search?  I suppose a 0.* match wo?
> uld reveal less than released versions but then is the version number stand?
> ard that well observed?  What is the difference between alpha numbers and b?
> eta ones?
> 
> > Firefox 3.x is a beta, but easily replaced with the
> > current 2.x stable release, via Synaptic.
> 
> I for one was happy to see Firefox 3 as in 7.10, Firefox 2.0.0.14 and previ?
> ous never would open most of the websites I frequent.  I had to rely on Kon?
> queror.  I did not feel any need to reinstall the 2.x series of Firefox on ?
> my computer, ...and I have found no fault so far with Firefox 3.  
> 
> > People have reported problems with gnash. My
> > add/remove app says my 8.04 has an Alpha of
> > that, but . http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
> > says a beta came out in March. If I installed
> > gnash and id ugrades, would I get the beta? How
> > would I know that, short of "try it and see"?.
> 
> There must be a different than gnash tool to play swf as I don't have gnash?
>  installed here.
> 
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