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  • Pre-Alpha vs. Alpha

    From The Millionaire@21:1/183 to Avon on Sat Jan 22 20:12:26 2022
    Hi Paul. What is the difference pre-alpha and alpha versions of Mystic BBS?

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to The Millionaire on Sun Jan 23 15:27:00 2022
    On Sat Jan 22 20:12:00 2022, The Millionaire wrote to Avon <=-

    Hi Paul. What is the difference pre-alpha and alpha versions of Mystic BBS?

    It means it's more alpha than alpha. It's kind of silly really, as saying it's alpha is just a insurance policy against bugs (well it IS alpha...) because mystic 1.12 has been in "alpha" so long it's considered "stable" what to call the actual test versions? pre-alpha.

    Andrew

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to The Millionaire on Sun Jan 23 20:26:02 2022
    On 22 Jan 2022 at 08:12p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

    Hi Paul. What is the difference pre-alpha and alpha versions of Mystic BBS?

    As I understand it the alpha version is the current public facing version available for download and general use from the mysticbbs.com website. You'll find that there under the downloads tab

    The pre-alpha is more of the bleeding edge, latest build, could be different tomorrow when you next install it, version... the one that keeps getting stuff added to it, bugs found and fixed etx. until such time as it goes up for download on the websites download page.

    The prealpha requires a bit more effort to find the install binaries as it's not so widely promoted to the casual user as to where to find it.
    You can find the link as to where it is by visiting the Mystic wiki as James/g00r00 has published the URL there.

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  • From Exodus@21:3/130 to The Millionaire on Sun Jan 23 16:13:50 2022
    Hi Paul. What is the difference pre-alpha and alpha versions of Mystic BBS

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to apam on Tue Jan 25 09:38:36 2022
    Re: Pre-Alpha vs. Alpha
    By: apam to The Millionaire on Sun Jan 23 2022 03:27 pm

    It means it's more alpha than alpha. It's kind of silly really, as saying it's alpha is just a insurance policy against bugs (well it IS alpha...) because mystic 1.12 has been in "alpha" so long it's considered "stable" what to call the actual test versions? pre-alpha.

    I don't use Mystic, but the releases of Mystic have been called Alpha as long as I can remember. Honestly when I see "Alpha", I feel a little discouraged, since usually I interpret "alpha" as "not ready for daily use yet".

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