Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:46:05 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: stable/9 still looking for packages at 9-current Message-ID: <20120109194604.GA98975@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <CACqU3MU=OmYDw9gVifWx2Y-mN_dxcS-4izJ732DXZ9rxp=miTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACqU3MWpV37%2BmbycW83t2mfTKQXWS7FaD8DYVrXySMKwFeyaqw@mail.gmail.com> <20120109143726.GA3185@lonesome.com> <CACqU3MU=OmYDw9gVifWx2Y-mN_dxcS-4izJ732DXZ9rxp=miTA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:16:59PM -0500, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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. That build is intended to become the official release unless some last-minute showstopper problem is found. (Unlikely, but has happened befor= e.) The build is being distributed in advance of the official announcement to make sure it is available on all mirrors at the moment the announcement is made. --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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