[horde] Incorrect English (I believe) in your mailing - IMPORTANT - Re: horde Digest, Vol 4146, Issue 2

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>:

> Citeren "Jens-U. Mozdzen" <jmozdzen at nde.ag>:
>
>> Hello Jan and Ed,
>>
>> Zitat von Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>> Stable releases had actually been called final (as opposed to the  
>>> unstable release candidates), since long before I (being the  
>>> German) have been taking the role of the release master.
>>> [...]
>>> Zitat von info at interpost.biz:
>>>> [...]
>>>> "Final" means "last" - as in the last one - there will not be any  
>>>> more. So, when you write
>>>> "The Horde Team is pleased to announce the final release of the  
>>>> Mnemo Note Manager version H5 (4.2.2)..." you are stating that  
>>>> there will not be any more releases, that this is the last and  
>>>> final release.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps you mean to say the " latest release" or the "next  
>>>> release" or the "current release".
>>
>> taking the role of the bean counter here (or devil's advocate?),  
>> I'd like to point out that the wording is actually correct: This  
>> *is* the latest (as in "no further") release of Mnemo Note Manager  
>> version H5 (4.2.2). Future releases will carry a different version  
>> number. ;)
>
> I have to agree with the above. Occasionally, these final releases  
> are preceded by a couple of beta versions and/or release candidates  
> with the same version number. I have always regarded the 'final'  
> here, that there will be no further releases with this same number.
>
> Best regards, Arjen

"Final" is grammatically correct here.  The "release" refers to the  
process leading up to any individual point release.  The last release  
made within any given x.y.z domain - the stable release - is the  
"final" release.

That being said, most users don't know/care about the release process,  
so "final" may lack the necessary context for them.

I would think the best solution is simply to remove the word "final".   
"The Horde Team is pleased to announce the release of XYZ..." is  
adequate for our purposes.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]