Re: why is http download alpha?
| From: | Michael Wallner | Date: | Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:48:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: why is http download alpha? | ||
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Hi Jeroen Houben, you wrote:
> Michael Wallner wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeroen Houben, you wrote:
>>
>>> Okay. What changes / additions will it have?
>>
>> None obvious at this time... :-/
>>
>> Release 0.2 wasn't even necessary, one could call it a promotion
>> release :-)
> Well if there are no API changes planned and not even any additions
> then it seems to me the code is quite stable. "What's the big deal"
> you may ask. Well I'm a bit hesitant to use packages marked as BETA
> let alone Alpha. Alpha means the author can change the API before
> the package becomes stable which is a good reason to not use the
> package just yet for any serious project.
>
> Looking at http://pear.php.net/manual/en/faq.unstable-code.php
> I
> don't think your package is Alpha code. I'd like to see its status
> changed to at least BETA so people can use it without having to
> worry about major API changes.
Making a new release just for changing the state seems odd, but I
don't know what others think about that...
Regards,
--
Michael - < mike(@)php.net >
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