From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Jan 18 23:40:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39EDC37B41D; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:40:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0J7e7F10359; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:40:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:40:07 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Murray Stokely Cc: qa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_4_5 Branch : January 21 ? Message-ID: <20020119084007.A10312@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020119015249.GD18200@freebsdmall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020119015249.GD18200@freebsdmall.com>; from murray@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:52:49PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:52:49PM -0800, Murray Stokely wrote: > I think that it would be beneficial to create the release branch a > few days earlier than normal, and release the third release candidate > directly from the RELENG_4_5 branch. This would allow us to do a > number of things, such as : > > 1. Update all of the release notes / documentation for the final > release, so that this can be reviewed by our users in RC3 to make > sure nothing is left out. > > 2. Unfreeze RELENG_4, so that regular development can continue. > > The 'RELENG_4_5_0_RELEASE' tag remains, as always, the label for the > final release on the release branch. > > Thoughts? Given that I still haven't been able to create a working RC2 for Alpha I would consider this a bit ambitious. And how are things like Alpha X11 and ports doing? Or?? W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message