Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:54:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: murray@freebsdmall.com (Murray Stokely) Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9-RC2 is on ftp-master.. Message-ID: <200310081554.h98FsbLV079911@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20031008152356.GH7209@freebsdmall.com> from "Murray Stokely" at Oct 08, 2003 08:23:56 AM
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Murray Stokely wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 12:41:04PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > Just a small question: Wouldn't it be a good idea to put
> > each RC under its own subdirectory in ISO-IMAGES, too?
>
> I don't think so, but it has been brought up before..
>
> I don't want people to glance at a '4.9' directory along with 4.8,
> 4.7, etc.. until we actually have something called 4.9 release.
> Relying on users to actually look inside the directory and see that we
> only have RCs and not the final release is I think asking too much.
The subdirectory should be called "4.9-RC2", of course,
not just "4.9". And for the actual release, it should
be called "4.9-RELEASE". Exactly like the directory names
of the FTP install trees.
Currently, there is a significant inconsistency, which
needs to be fixed. IMO.
Regards
Oliver
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