Jaunty still in Beta?

[Shannon McMackin]

H.S. wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> Apply the updates when you are notified that new updates are available.
>>> If you have updated your RC recently you will most likely only need to
>>> update very few packages. There is no reason to reinstall if you already
>>> have the RC.
>>>
>> In the general sense, installs from RC can be safely upgraded to the
>> released version. This is _not_ true of alphas and betas, no matter
>> what the release notes or rumour says.
>>
> 
> No, in general this is not true.
> 
> The alphas and betas are just a release in development. In other words,
> the updates are going to be more frequent and bugs are quite likely and
> stability is an issue. But as betas approach, all these gradually
> subside. Finally, when a release is 'released', the software is
> considered stable enough or satisfactorily stable so as to be released.
> 
> During all this, no one ever changes his apt sources list. So one is
> effectively tracking a release in its evolution.
> 
> This has always been the case, even in Debian. Debian has Testing and
> Unstable versions. These are constantly being updated.
> 
> So, no, alphas, betas and releases are just the same thing, but at
> different development stages. The only problem during updates could be
> that alphas are more prone to bugs. If latter is what you meant, then
> please note that release notes always warn about the stability of alphas
> and betas.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
I'll second that...

For the last 3 or 4 Ubuntu releases, I've started early in the alpha 
stages, never re-installed and never needed too because of some bug 
that's prevented nominal usage.