Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:18:58 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Subject: Re: stable/9 still looking for packages at 9-current Message-ID: <CAN6yY1v=kfxgNce3-CoOWT1eDWDrSUua-4V0K==ssKuLdWxamw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120109193653.GB10061@lonesome.com> References: <CACqU3MU=OmYDw9gVifWx2Y-mN_dxcS-4izJ732DXZ9rxp=miTA@mail.gmail.com> <20120109193653.GB10061@lonesome.com>
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > On 9 January 2012 18:16, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 ? > > That is exactly what I expect. In fact, I insist on it. And the reason > I insist on it is because this is the documented procedure, and has been > for at least 14 releases in the last 6 years, and most likely many before > I became active. > > I have been seeing the "release is not official until..." message since at least 3.4, so it's hardly new and is unlikely to ever go away. At least there has been no release announcement on slashdot when the ISOs were rolled but before the release was ready as has happened more than once in the past. (Knock on wood!) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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