From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 20 14:57:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC6037B400 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:57:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0KMvLd01116; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:57:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:57:21 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Ian Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: cvsup usable UTC date for tracking -stable Message-ID: <20020120235721.A1096@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020120215731.GA21074@helios.dub.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:37:41PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org 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, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:37:41PM -0700, Ian wrote: > >>>> I'm not sure what you're talking about here. The "current" -STABLE > >>>> branch *is* 4.5-RC2. > >> > >> jim, i know. but after release of the -rc2 iso image, -stable is more > >> than just -rc2. > > > > It's not, really. newvers.sh doesn't even change at all (through RC1, > > 2, etc.). It still just says RC. > > Jim, you said this on irc yesterday too, and I'm having as hard a time > understanding it now as I did then... > > If nothing changes between RC1, RC2, RC3, etc, then why is someone going to > the trouble of making a series of ISO images and releasing them? Certainly > there are no major new additions of functionality, but something must be > changing to justify the creation of a new release candidate? Yes. Bugfixes going in, under control and with permission of the Release Engineer (engineering team) W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message