From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 11:17:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB2C37B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D504543FBD for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.201]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h32JH7Ku080895; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h32JH7TH064977; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h32JH7EG064976; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:17:07 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Ken Mays Message-ID: <20030402191707.GA64888@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030402034431.15386.qmail@web9904.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:17:09 -0000 On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:08:51AM -0500, Ken Mays wrote: > So the question of the day could be: Is the ISO images of 4.8 the > 'released-to-manufacturing (vendors/retailers)' or 'official release' > versions and not pre-RTM (beta) code?!? Given our naming scheme this question is moot. We put the release label down with the intention to have the sources constitute the official release and with the (inside) knowledge that we can still relabel. Therefore the label doesn't mean anything. It's the announcement that marks the release and it's the announcement that gives meaning to the label (ie the sources identified by the release label at the time of the announcement). Come to think of it, it does suck :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net