Re: stable/9 still looking for packages at 9-current

From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:18:58 -0800
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Mark Linimon <linimon_at_lonesome.com> wrote:

> > On 9 January 2012 18:16, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Do you expect me to consult freebsd-announce_at_, verify the signature
> > > of the announce, the hash of the ISOs, etc. to consider that 9.0 has
> > > been released ?
>
> That is exactly what I expect.  In fact, I insist on it.  And the reason
> I insist on it is because this is the documented procedure, and has been
> for at least 14 releases in the last 6 years, and most likely many before
> I became active.
>
>
I have been seeing the "release is not official until..." message since at
least 3.4, so it's hardly new and is unlikely to ever go away. At least
there has been no release announcement on slashdot when the ISOs were
rolled but before the release was ready as has happened more than once in
the past. (Knock on wood!)
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: kob6558_at_gmail.com
Received on Mon Jan 09 2012 - 19:18:59 UTC

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