Jaunty still in Beta?

[H.S.]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Apply the updates when you are notified that new updates are available.
>> If you have updated your RC recently you will most likely only need to
>> update very few packages. There is no reason to reinstall if you already
>> have the RC.
>>
> 
> In the general sense, installs from RC can be safely upgraded to the
> released version. This is _not_ true of alphas and betas, no matter
> what the release notes or rumour says.
> 

No, in general this is not true.

The alphas and betas are just a release in development. In other words,
the updates are going to be more frequent and bugs are quite likely and
stability is an issue. But as betas approach, all these gradually
subside. Finally, when a release is 'released', the software is
considered stable enough or satisfactorily stable so as to be released.

During all this, no one ever changes his apt sources list. So one is
effectively tracking a release in its evolution.

This has always been the case, even in Debian. Debian has Testing and
Unstable versions. These are constantly being updated.

So, no, alphas, betas and releases are just the same thing, but at
different development stages. The only problem during updates could be
that alphas are more prone to bugs. If latter is what you meant, then
please note that release notes always warn about the stability of alphas
and betas.

Regards.


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