Warp wrote:
>   In software the usual versioning terminology is that an "alpha" version
> is one which still doesn't have all the planned features, ie. features are
> still being added, while a "beta" version is a version of the software which
> has all the features but still lacks complete bug testing (ie. it "should
> work" but there may be still bugs left).

That isn't what it used to mean, mind. Back when you had actual products 
you actually needed to work, "alpha" meant the version the QA department 
was testing, "beta" meant the version selected customers were testing 
for you, and "release" was what you actually put on the shelves.

Since people apparently don't do any QA any more, I guess someone 
decided to change the meaning for code that you publish via nightly CVS 
snapshots.

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