Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3 Status: Alpha, Beta or Gamma = end user released?

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

john_re a écrit :
> I am confused by what appears to me to be inconsistent information on
> the ekiga website.
>
> 1) The Ekiga website main page announces E 3 in the high profile manner
> of a new gamma, "End User" version, release.  This suggests the SW is
> not alpha, nor beta, but something for _users_ (not developers or
> testers).

Yes.

> 2) The download page, though, only provides source code & compile
> instructions, not a binary version for the most popular Linux platforms.
>  This suggests the SW is for at best _developers or testers_, not end
> users.

Distributions provide their own packages through their own channels : 
it's pretty normal you don't find that many binaries on ekiga's website.

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