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Eight months as alpha

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From: SMet@somewhere.world (Spyridon Metaxas)
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Subject: Eight months as alpha
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:46:36 -0000 (UTC)
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by: Spyridon Metaxas - Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:46 UTC

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From: Jimmy@disposable.invalid (Jimmy Johnson)
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by: Jimmy Johnson - Thu, 21 Oct 2021 02:29 UTC

On 10/20/2021 11:46 AM, Spyridon Metaxas wrote:
> Slackware 15.0 has been alpha for 8 months now. Is it normal for
> a new Slackware version to stay alpha that long?

It's now RC1. It was a Alpha1 for less than 2 months, but I have no idea
how long it takes.
https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=11322
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by: John McCue - Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:19 UTC

Jimmy Johnson <Jimmy@disposable.invalid> wrote:
> On 10/20/2021 11:46 AM, Spyridon Metaxas wrote:
>> Slackware 15.0 has been alpha for 8 months now. Is it normal for
>> a new Slackware version to stay alpha that long?
>
> It's now RC1. It was a Alpha1 for less than 2 months, but I have no idea
> how long it takes.
> https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=11322

I think it depends, I suspect there are still odd
issues with all the new changes, which are quite
significant compared to 14.2.

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computers / alt.os.linux.slackware / Eight months as alpha

Subject	Author
Eight months as alpha	Spyridon Metaxas
Re: Eight months as alpha	Jimmy Johnson
Re: Eight months as alpha	John McCue