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Date:      Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:16:59 -0500
From:      Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
To:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: stable/9 still looking for packages at 9-current
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Hi,

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:
>> On 9. Jan 2012, at 01:04 , Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
>> So you are saying that FreeBSD is currently providing on
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub images tagged as being "9.0 RELEASE" (with
>> checksum provided), in a `releases' directory, which are not actually
>> release images per-se ?
>
> Excellent! =A0You've shown the ability to understand flat, declarative,
> sentences that have no qualifying phrases.
>
FWIW, this was more a sarcastic sentence pointing out that FreeBSD is
currently officially distributing non-released build in a directory
which might leads users to consider this is the official release, thus
misleading them.

> 9.0 will be *released* when and only when the official, signed, email
> goes out. =A0Everything up until that point is preparation.
>
ok, I'm a stupid lazy user (obviously)... While browsing the ftp, I
see 9.0 ISOs in a `releases' directory. Do you expect me to consult
freebsd-announce@, verify the signature of the announce, the hash of
the ISOs, etc. to consider that 9.0 has been released ? No, I see 9.0
ISOs in a `releases' directory, I assume it has been released,
whatever your spreading process is.

Btw, none of the CHECKSUMS files are signed on the FTP.

 - Arnaud



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