> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:47:57 +0800 > From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.f...@gmail.com> > Cc: Bastien <b...@altern.org>, emacs-de...@gnu.org, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, > Lele Gaifax <l...@metapensiero.it> > > On 03/08/2013 02:40 PM, Bastien wrote: > > I missed the distinction between "pretest" and "release candidate". > > What's the difference between "pretest" and "release candidate"?
A release candidate builds a binary whose version is the same as the upcoming release (24.3 in this case, as opposed to 24.2.XX for the pretests), and will become the release (by just renaming the tarball) if no serious problems are discovered.
