Mac OS X 10.3, codenamed 'Panther', is on the verge of reaching its first major milestone, Apple has told developers. The company yesterday said the operating system was "fast approaching first candidate release", according to a Think Secret report. The claim was made as Apple made the latest beta test build available to software authors.
First candidate status effectively marks the end of the beta test period and the commencement of final testing. The OS' feature set should be frozen at that point. The software may go through a number of release candidates before being declared sufficiently stable to become gold master - code for 'ready to ship'.
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