From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 14:50:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C7614C26 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:50:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA42544; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 17:50:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <199912062250.RAA42544@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19991206212838.C2279@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:50:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Ben Smithurst Subject: Re: -Stable Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, keith@mail.telestream.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 06-Dec-99 Ben Smithurst wrote: > keith@mail.telestream.com wrote: > >> Err Umm >> What the heck does this mean............... >> >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD core.cydonia.net 3.4-RC FreeBSD 3.4-RC #1: Mon Dec 6 09:13:00 GMT >> 1999 root@core.cydonia.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/core-kernel i386 >> >> Never seen a -RC before. Someone please educate me. :) > > Release Candidate. I'm not sure what the point of it is, though, so > hopefully someone can educate both of us about that. This question came > up around the time of 3.3-RC, it will become a FAQ at this rate. :-) Release Candidate means that the source code is in a freeze where only bug fixes are committed to the tree. Basically, RC is what is going to be in the upcoming release (3.4). The -RC period allows for more testing to try and get the best release possible. Now is a good time to mention any bugs you've found or problems you are having so it can be fixed before December 15, when 3.4 is supposed to be released. > -- > Ben Smithurst | PGP: 0x99392F7D > ben@scientia.demon.co.uk | key available from keyservers and > | ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message