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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:08:37 +0100
From: Sam Weisberg <samweisberg@openmailbox.org>
To: user@zookeeper.apache.org
Subject: Question about 3.5.0 stability and versioning
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Hi list,

I am a little confused about the versioning of the 3.5 release branch.
When looking at the homepage, it sais the 3.5 release "is alpha quality" 
and it is suffixed with a -alpha tag.

When I first looked at the github releases[1] however, it seams to 
indicate that there has already been a 3.5 release candidate and a 3.5 
release.
In addition, the devs seem to be gearing up for a 3.5.1 release[2], 
which would be curious if there was not even a stable 3.5.0 release.
There is also no longer an active milestone for 3.5.0 in Jira.

Considering all that, I have a bit of trouble understanding the 
implications of the -alpha suffix of the 3.5.0 release.
Can the 3.5.0 release be considered stable and is just not widely used?
I would appreciate it if someone could clarify this for me a bit.

Cheers,
Sam

[1] https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/releases
[2] 
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/zookeeper-dev/201502.mbox/%3CCANLc_9JktxbnYuyW2EbvFEcRoaZWMsPf38YdoM=5JLWLUsZDNA@mail.gmail.com%3E