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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 06:50:34AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> does it matter. cvsup RELENG_8 and you see updates are done constantly.
> just sometime somebody decide to change number :)

The difference is the freeze-and-test work that goes between "random
date" and "release time".  This requires a nontrivial time committment
from both developers and users.

mcl