RE: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc

From: Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 11:54:17 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Widmer [mailto:php3@developersdesk.com] > Sent: 08 November 2002 04:16 > To: Jill S; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Most current non-beta version, and bcc > > > At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: > >so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the > >page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ "beta > >versions" or > >non-"beta" versions? > > 4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. > Yes, that > means NOT BETA. > > Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. > > > 4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. > It has also > passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. Nope, I'd still class that as BETA-testing. Actually, I might even call it pre-BETA! When they actually get around to making Release Candidates available (as in 4.3.0RC1), I'd call that real BETA testing. I wonder how the members of the PHP development group themselves would class these? Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211

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