theora - Jul 2007 - Remove the word "Alpha" from anywhere near Theora

Howdy,

I'm proposing to change the version state of Theora from Alpha to
Beta, or better yet to remove any mention that it isn't ready.  Theora
is ready.  Saying it's an Alpha version is cute in the eyes of a
developer who likes versioning numbers, but it's a nightmare in
regards to marketing.

Nobody wants to support something that's labeled Alpha.  Like it's
unstable and will explode and kill your puppie.  No, no.  Let's have
none of this anymore.

Do it on the next release.

Speaking of next release, when will it be?  That was one of the topics
in the last two monthly meetings and there was no feedback that I know
of.

Theora 1.0

Hi,

I second this. I've been using theora and encoding large parts of my
content to it. As a simple desktop user, I can't see what is alpha,
beta or "not completed" about theora.

Are there plans to push for a 1.0 and push for more adoptions?

Greets,
  Bram

On 7/22/07, Ivo Emanuel Gon?alves <justivo@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm proposing to change the version state of Theora from Alpha to
> Beta, or better yet to remove any mention that it isn't ready.  Theora
> is ready.  Saying it's an Alpha version is cute in the eyes of a
> developer who likes versioning numbers, but it's a nightmare in
> regards to marketing.
>
> Nobody wants to support something that's labeled Alpha.  Like it's
> unstable and will explode and kill your puppie.  No, no.  Let's have
> none of this anymore.
>
> Do it on the next release.
>
> Speaking of next release, when will it be?  That was one of the topics
> in the last two monthly meetings and there was no feedback that I know
> of.
>
> Theora 1.0
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Hi ,I am also vote for leave the word "alpha".It's about 7
"alpha" releases in 4 years :

Alpha 1     September 2002
Alpha 2     December 2002
Alpha 3     March 2004
Alpha 4     December 2004
Alpha 5     August 2005
Alpha 6     May 2006
Alpha 7     June 20064 years it's time to talk about mature library.And also
think that it's time for new release of libtheora.After the next release of
libtheora , i think it's time to look forward to Theora 1.0.Companies
usually don't support alpha software in their products , hardware
manufactures don't do it also.Theora 1.0 version release , could make
companies think about to include Theora in their products.> Howdy,>>
I'm proposing to change the version state of Theora from Alpha to> Beta,
or better yet to remove any mention that it isn't ready.  Theora> is
ready.  Saying it's an Alpha version is cute in the eyes of a> developer
who likes versioning numbers, but it's a nightmare in> regards to
marketing.>> Nobody wants to support something that's labeled Alpha. 
Like it's> unstable and will explode and kill your puppie.  No, no. 
Let's have> none of this anymore.>> Do it on the next
release.>> Speaking of next release, when will it be?  That was one of the
topics> in the last two monthly meetings and there was no feedback that I
know> of.>> Theora 1.0
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