From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 7 18:32: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92BC14DCF for ; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:32:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@blues.ghis.net) Received: from blues.ghis.net (jim@pppc2-31.eisa.net.au [203.166.251.151]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA97542; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:40:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by blues.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA02687; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:29:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:29:55 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: Gustavo V G C Rios Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too much information Message-ID: <19990908112955.B2570@blues.ghis.net> Reply-To: jim@blues.ghis.net References: <37D5BA30.13D6EC49@ddsecurity.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <37D5BA30.13D6EC49@ddsecurity.com.br> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 at 22:21:52 -0300, Gustavo V G C Rios wrote: > Hy folks! > > Today i decide to cvsup RELENG_3, thing were ok, thanks! But there > is one thing i could not understand. I was running 3.2Stable, after > a successful RELENG_3 cvsuped, my system uname changed to: > > FreeBSD myname.my.domain 3.3-RC FreeBSD 3.3-RC #15: Tue Sep 7 17:46:52 > EST 1999 root@myname.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/ETOSHA i386 > > Nothing wrong, of course, but what's is 3.3-RC? What does it stand > for? It stands for 3.3 Release Candidate. 3.3-RELEASE is right around the corner (Sept. 15th IIRC), and the naming scheme has changed from -BETA to -RC. The reason it happened on the -STABLE branch is because that's where -RELEASE comes from :-) -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - The FreeBSD Project -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message