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"Preview Release?"
#20160 01/20/12 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted By: artie505
I think "Preview Release" inherently means no more advanced than beta [....]

Maybe that needs qualification, because "betas" are generally/always(?) numbered lower than 1.0, but I've seen "release candidates" numbered higher than 1.0.

Can anybody clarify?


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Re: "Preview Release?"
artie505 #20163 01/20/12 05:39 AM
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"Beta" and "preview" usually mean the same thing. The only difference in terms of common usage is that many (not all) beta versions of software are closed--for example, you will never (legally) see a beta version of Photoshop floating around for all and sundry to use, they're kept close by Adobe--whereas a preview release is equivalent to something like a "public beta" (an early version that anyone can see).

A release candidate (RC) version is a version that's very close to being finalized. It's still beta, but unlike a normal beta, it's feature-complete; the author is not planning to make major feature changes, or interface changes, or anything like that. At this stage, it's bug-fixes only. Sometimes, the released version of a piece of software is identical to the last release candidate version.


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Re: "Preview Release?"
tacit #20164 01/20/12 06:35 AM
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Thanks. smile


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