What does "Gamma RELEAS"MEAN

[Scott]

MySQL calls 4.1.5 a "Gamma" release.
What does that mean?

[pan]

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MySQL calls 4.1.5 a "Gamma" release.
What does that mean?

alpha, beta, gamma, delta

beta < gamma < release
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'we want to release this for production, but maybe we
really should check out those few intermittent and not
oft reported bugs for a little big longer'

deltas are sometimes called point releases

[Bill Karwin]

Scott wrote:

MySQL calls 4.1.5 a "Gamma" release.
What does that mean?

Gamma means different things from project to project, but according to
the following web page:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Nu...e_Rollout.html

MySQL AB describes Gamma release thus:
"MySQL 4.1 is currently in the Gamma stage (indicating that a production
release is just weeks ahead). At the end of this process, MySQL 4.1 will
become the new production release."

I interpret Gamma to mean that they don't intend or foresee any further
changes, but they aren't yet fully calling it a production-ready
release. The reason is probably that they want to allow more time for
testing to uncover subtle bugs, which might appear only after prolonged
use of the software.

Bill K.