From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 18:45:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F148F106564A; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:45:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@buffalo.edu) Received: from localmailA.acsu.buffalo.edu (localmaila.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.5.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6768FC15; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localmailA.acsu.buffalo.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B145B574; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localmailA.acsu.buffalo.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localmailA.acsu.buffalo.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E549D79A; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp2.acsu.buffalo.edu (smtp2.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.5.254]) by localmailA.acsu.buffalo.edu (Prefixe) with ESMTP id 46816B574; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.205.32.76] (bauer.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.76]) (Authenticated sender: kensmith@buffalo.edu) by smtp2.acsu.buffalo.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E65C4BD7A; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Smith To: freebsd-stable Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-a+lsa6sf7ixdu4Uqk0Js" Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:33 -0400 Message-ID: <1341945933.79098.58.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 8% Cc: re Subject: WARNING: stable/9 -> 9.1-BETA1... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:45:36 -0000 --=-a+lsa6sf7ixdu4Uqk0Js Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Through time we learned to try and avoid ever having a "stable branch" call itself BETA-anything. The reality is during every release the BETA builds do get built from what's in the stable branch (we typically don't create the releng/* branches until we hit the RC phase). But past experiences have shown us that not everybody knows that, and/or aren't paying attention to the fact a release is under way. And sorry to be so blunt but... Some people really freak out when they see BETA in anything. So, despite stable branches actually being what BETA builds get built from in the past we've avoided having BETA appear in the source code repositories. Instead we have named it PRERELEASE, and used a "build knob" to have the release build call itself the BETA. The new build infrastructure that got phased in as part of 9.0 doesn't have that build knob. So, I'm about to do what we've tried to avoid before which is do a commit that makes stable/9 call itself 9.1-BETA1. After we complete the BETA1 builds (likely 2 to 3 days for all of them to complete) I'll shift stable/9 to PRERELEASE and it should stay that way until the release process is over (the next scheduled build is RC1 and we'll create releng/9.1 as part of doing that...). --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodor Geisel | --=-a+lsa6sf7ixdu4Uqk0Js Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk/8eE0ACgkQ/G14VSmup/YY7wCfbl+syty+/CNWIiLZvSgr9Bqp hSAAoJLHn2evGR1yuMZmwxKJc3n+8ae5 =8Xbt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-a+lsa6sf7ixdu4Uqk0Js--