13.10 alpha

[Colin Law]

On 4 August 2013 17:26, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 August 2013 17:16, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 4 August 2013 16:50, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you really not think that there ought to be an explanation *on the
>>> download web page* for the alphas?
>>
>> Liam can you point me to the page where you think the clarification is
>> required, to make sure I get the right one?
>
> It's not really very clear, I will confess.
>
> Certainly here is one page I would consider relevant:
> http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/07/25/13-10-saucy-salamander-alpha-2-available/
>
> That's what I get when Googling for "Saucy Alpha" and I'd assume Alpha
> 2 had priority over Alpha 1.
>
> AFAICS:
> * It's not a wiki page
> * There's no mention of /why/ plain Ubuntu doesn't feature

I suppose the author just assumed, erroneously, that everyone knew
that plain Ubuntu is not doing alpha releases, since this has been the
situation for some time.  The fact that this is a copy of a posting to
the development list (where readers are likely aware of the situation)
probably explains how this has happened.

Colin