Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:25:22 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/misc bsd-family-tree Message-ID: <436A39F2.2030802@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20051103160218.GG29387@submonkey.net> References: <200511030759.jA37xw1K057569@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051103093237.GZ29387@submonkey.net> <436A2F02.6040507@samsco.org> <20051103160218.GG29387@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:38:42AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>Ceri Davies wrote: >> >>>On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 07:59:58AM +0000, Maxim Konovalov wrote: >>> >>> >>>>maxim 2005-11-03 07:59:58 UTC >>>> >>>>FreeBSD src repository >>>> >>>>Modified files: >>>> share/misc bsd-family-tree >>>>Log: >>>>Merge from RELENG_6: FreeBSD 6.0. Not sure the release date is correct >>>>because no release announce yet. >>> >>>Why not wait then? We're practically asking slashdot to announce this >>>release early again. >> >>Technically, a release is done when it is tagged, since it's a bit hard >>to tag, then build, then change the dates in the files that you just built. > > > That's true, but it's not impossible to decide on a release date, change > the date in the files accordingly, tag, build, etc. > > My point here though was that -HEAD has nothing to do with the release > of 6.0 and the commit could have waited, especially when there was the > uncertainty and that maxim had not heard from you regarding this date. > I already had to explain to one person today that 6.0 was not released > yet, despite this file saying that it happened two days ago. > > Anyway, I'm sure that you're tired, stressed, fed up, etc. so I'll just > thank you for the hard work that you're doing and shut up now. > > Ceri Well, the commit to HEAD was accidentally delayed. I actually committed to RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_0, but for whatever reason I either forgot to commit to HEAD or my commit failed and I didn't notice. Juggling when a release is 'official' is a bit difficult due to the open and visible nature of the CVS tree. When I tagged it the other night, I had expected it to be announced within 24 hours after that. Unfortunately, build problems delayed that, so it go pushed out a little bit. It will happen today, though. Do keep in mind, however, that when people look at the CVS logs in the distant future, they will see Nov 1 as the date that everything flipped from 6.0-RC to 6.0-RELEASE, so it'll be natural to assume that the release actually happened on Nov 1 =-). In other words, the release of the media is slightly asynchronous to the finalizing of the bits that make up a 'release'. You could have CVSup'd right after I tagged on Nov 1 and built/upgraded to 'FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE'. The date in bsd-family-tree reflects when the release was finalized. Scott
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