From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 6 3:37:59 2002 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 9733037B401 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 03:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD13843E3B for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 03:37:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17y8n2-0000zJ-00 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:37:36 +0000 Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [oz]) with ESMTP id A493E4881D for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:37:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id E2F70225CF; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:37:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:37:35 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: versioning Message-ID: <20021006103735.GA2013@raggedclown.net> References: <20021006102717.R51457-100000@localhost> <20021006084335.GL45363@vectors.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021006084335.GL45363@vectors.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:43:35AM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: > bart - > > you can likely deduce some answers from: > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/schedule.html > > 4.7-PRERELEASE is a tag marking what the 4.7 release will be all about. > then, 4.7-RC, 4.7-RC2, 4.7-RC3 (RC = release candidate) are snapshots > that grow closer and closer to what the RE team feels comfortable > calling 4.7-RELEASE. > > so, as you track RELENG_4, you will obtain each tag point sequentially. > if you cvsup your sources every day, you will know when RC2 is available > because "uname -a" will show 4.7-RC2. > > -Adam > > > >> (10.06.2002 @ 0134 PST): Bart Smit said, in 0.5K: << > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm following the RELENG_4 branch and as far as I can tell I'm using the > > very latest from that branch. My box is telling me it's a 4.7-RC. > > > > Yet, on this list, I see regular references to 4.7-RC2 and sometimes > > even 4.7-PRERELEASE. It may be me, but I have no clue what these are. > > > > What are the other versions? How does one get RC2? Is there a separate > > prerelease-branch somewhere that I'm missing? > > > > --Bart > > > > I have exactly the same question, I track RELENG_4 and in fact have rebuilt the sources several times, yesterday being the last time. I only ever see 4.7-RC, never an RC2 or PRERELEASE note. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands Email: cls@raggedclown.net Tel : +31 (0)10 4764595 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message