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.
--
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