xfce4 on Suse 81

[Joe Klemmer]

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 11:51, Olivier Fourdan wrote:

> > XFCE4 is beta, maybe even alpha quality software.  If you expect that
> > to run on major distros, or any distro without some basic linux
> > experience, then you are int he wrong place.
> 
> Same old song again and again....
> 
> Missing the devel packages to compile the source has *NOTHING* to do with the
> quality of xfce4 that I personally do *NOT* consider as alpha.
> 
> I've seen x.0 software that ran a lot worse than current xfce4

	Maybe it's a good time to run down what the whole Alpha/Beta thing is
supposed to mean...

Alpha - This means that development has started.  API's (and whole
applications) are in a state of flux and could change daily if not
hourly.  It's likely nothing actually works.

Beta - This means that development is nearing a state of stability but
still actively being worked.  Things are likely to work but there's no
guarantee.  Beta is normally reserved for bug-fixing and stress testing.

	xfce4 is somewhere in the middle of the two.  Parts of it are more
solid and stable than others.  If you break them down by module/system
then you'll see things that are very Alpha to things nearly release
ready.  The project as a whole is what I would call early Beta or late
Alpha.

	But then again, what the hell do I know...

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