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To indicate readiness of a release or feature, Litium releases new products and APIs as pre-releases named alpha, beta and release candidate. The final stage is called general availability.
Alpha
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Beta
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Release candidate
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General availability
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Not thoroughly tested.
Can contain serious errors or result in data loss.
No documentation.
No official support.
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Feature incomplete.
Can contain bugs and cause data loss.
Can contain breaking changes.
Can be open or closed.
Some documentation.
No official support.
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Aka rc
Feature complete.
Not expected to have high or critical bugs.
Key areas documented.
Officially supported.
Release candidate is the first stage where customer projects are recommended to start.
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Aka ga.
Expected to have only low and medium bugs.
Documented.
Officially supported.
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