Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:57:21 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvsup usable UTC date for tracking -stable Message-ID: <20020120235721.A1096@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <B87094C5.93FA%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>; from freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:37:41PM -0700 References: <20020120215731.GA21074@helios.dub.net> <B87094C5.93FA%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:37:41PM -0700, Ian wrote: > >>>> I'm not sure what you're talking about here. The "current" -STABLE > >>>> branch *is* 4.5-RC2. > >> > >> jim, i know. but after release of the -rc2 iso image, -stable is more > >> than just -rc2. > > > > It's not, really. newvers.sh doesn't even change at all (through RC1, > > 2, etc.). It still just says RC. > > Jim, you said this on irc yesterday too, and I'm having as hard a time > understanding it now as I did then... > > If nothing changes between RC1, RC2, RC3, etc, then why is someone going to > the trouble of making a series of ISO images and releasing them? Certainly > there are no major new additions of functionality, but something must be > changing to justify the creation of a new release candidate? Yes. Bugfixes going in, under control and with permission of the Release Engineer (engineering team) W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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