cutehmi/doc/development-statuses.md

0001 # Development statuses
0002
0003 Extensions and tools have their own development status, independent of Git branch status, which refers to project repository layout
0004 and Qbs items.
0005
0006 Extensions and tools may have one of the following statuses.
0007
0008 ### Pre-alpha
0009
0010 ![Pre-alpha status badge](images/status-pre.svg)
0011
0012 Product is in very early stage of development.
0013
0014 ### Alpha
0015
0016 ![Alpha status badge](images/status-alpha.svg)
0017
0018 Product is in early development phase and it may be only partially functional. Its API is a subject of heavy changes.
0019
0020 ### Beta
0021
0022 ![Beta status badge](images/status-beta.svg)
0023
0024 Product has reached a phase, where it is functional, but some features are still to be added and its API may be a
0025 subject of slight changes. Some products may spent indefinite amount of time in this phase ("perpetual beta").
0026
0027 ### Gamma
0028
0029 ![Gamma status badge](images/status-gamma.svg)
0030
0031 Product is rich in features and its API is stable, but some desired functionality is still missing or product has not
0032 been tested enough.
0033
0034 ### Complete
0035
0036 ![Complete status badge](images/status-complete.svg)
0037
0038 Product is feature complete. All desired features have been implemented (which does not prevent one from providing new
0039 ones). Its API is stable. Additionaly product should be well-documented and well-tested (or other applicable measures assuring
0040 its quality have been taken).
0041
0042 ### Deprecated
0043
0044 ![Deprecated status badge](images/status-deprecated.svg)
0045
0046 Product is going to be removed or replaced by some other product at some point.
0047
0048 ### Obsolete
0049
0050 ![Obsolete status badge](images/status-obsolete.svg)
0051
0052 Product is being removed or replaced by some other product.
0053
0054 ### Unmaintained
0055
0056 ![Unmaintained status badge](images/status-unmaintained.svg)
0057
0058 Product is unmaintained. Due to lack of maintenance it might stopped being operational. While still considered
0059 valuable modernizations are needed to make it operational again.
0060