Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:19:45 -0700 From: "Mike Grissom" <mikeyg@igalaxy.net> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Release Message-ID: <002601c210e6$1301c200$0301a8c0@mikeyg> References: <001401c210e2$98e716d0$0301a8c0@mikeyg> <200206110115.g5B1Fv60013241@intruder.bmah.org>
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So the release date is really June 11th? Is the current source of cvs for RELENG_4_6_0_RELEASE actually the code they are using to compile it? If so, when will the cvs servers have the release? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Mike Grissom" <mikeyg@igalaxy.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Release > If memory serves me right, "Mike Grissom" wrote: > > About what time is the release going to be uploaded and officially released? > > Soon. Please be patient. :-) > > The src/ tree has been tagged, but final builds take some time and > there's usually a very quick round of testing that the head release > engineer does at this point. Then the images need to be uploaded to > ftp-master, and our policy is only make the release announcement after > at least a handful of mirrors have acknowledged receiving the > distribution. Based on what I know of our status, I'd say it'll take > about a day or so assuming no last-minute hiccups. > > Bruce. > > PS. OT note: Slashdot jumped the gun (again) and posted a false story > about 4.6 being released. It boggles the mind that they couldn't take > the time to verify this; a glance at the FreeBSD main Web page or a > quick email is all it takes. What's even more unbelievable is that > they've done this for two consecutive FreeBSD releases. Sigh. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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