From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 14:56:42 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 D6B2437B401 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:56:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.lambertfam.org (www.lambertfam.org [216.223.208.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BAF943F93 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:56:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from laptop.lambertfam.org (laptop.int.lambertfam.org [10.1.0.2]) by mail.lambertfam.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B14234D1F for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:56:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by laptop.lambertfam.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B3347895B; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:56:31 -0400 From: Scott Lambert To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030607215631.GB97015@laptop.lambertfam.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20030607152936.D24263-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> <00f801c32d39$1f230380$dd8616c3@rmto90894701> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00f801c32d39$1f230380$dd8616c3@rmto90894701> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: What happened with 5.1-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: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 21:56:43 -0000 Why do we have to go through this for every fscking release? A release is not a release until the Release Engineering team sends the announcement. A release is not a release until the Release Engineering team sends the announcement. A release is not a release until the Release Engineering team sends the announcement. A release is not a release until the Release Engineering team sends the announcement. They always upload the RELEASE images a day or two ahead of making the announcement to allow them to be distributed to all of the FTP mirrors *before* the masses start scrambling to grab it. The only thing strange going on is a bunch of premature downloading and jumping to conclusions. Personally, I think someone should create a read protected directory named 6.5-RELEASE. Maybe with an ISO of the latest release that is modified to load a graphic that tells people to stop being so grabby. On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:09:44PM +0100, Thomas Elliott wrote: > Just to add to the confusion, I snagged a copy of 5.1 disc1 from > mirror.ac.uk (my local mirror) - when I went to download disc2 - the 5.1 > folder had gone - leaving just RC1. > Something very strange going on methinks. > -- > Tom > tom@tomelliott.net > ICQ: 8018364 MSN: netgeek_uk@hotmail.com > Home# +44(0)1634309229 Fax# +44(0)1634710086 > Mobile# +44(0)7764486175 US# +1(917)4386847 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stuart nichols" > To: < > > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:40 PM > Subject: What happened with 5.1-RELEASE? > > > > There used to be messages on this list around the time > > of a new release, letting people know what was happening, > > but that isn't happening this time. What list should the > > following question be directed to, if not this one? > > > > My auto-download program snagged a copy of the 5.1-RELEASE > > install ISO yesterday morning, but no release announcement > > was made. The directories exist on most, if not all of the > > ftpNN.freebsd.org servers, but the directories are protected, > > and the one I got it from changed to disallow further downloads. > > > > Did something go wrong with 5.1-RELEASE that required a re-work? > > The CD boots as 5.1-RELEASE, and loads normally. There are no > > cvsup deltas for RELENG_5_1, so no changes have been made > > available yet. > > > > What happened, and is there some horrible problem with the > > 5.1-RELEASE ISO I got that means I shouldn't load it? (Too > > late for that now.) It seems to be 5.1-RC1 with little if > > anything different except for a re-name of the version. > > > > stu > > > > stuart nichols > > CAPnet Network Operations > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org