So may I guess that we have a release ? 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote:> So may I guess that we have a release ?This question happens every time we get near a release. There will be a release when, and only when, a signed email is sent from the Release Engineering team to the various mailing lists. In the meantime, final preparations are being made, such as giving the mirrors time to get the bits, so that they will be there when the announcement goes out. Please be patient. mcl
George Kontostanos wrote, on 1/15/2008 10:51 AM:> So may I guess that we have a release ? > > 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008Not quite yet ... # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RC2 from update1.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Inspecting system... done. [snip] Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. No mirrors remaining, giving up. Royce -- Royce D. Williams - IP Engineering, ACS http://www.tycho.org/royce/ - PGP: 3FC087DB/1776A531 Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings. - S.Johnson
On Jan 15, 2008 10:23 PM, Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> wrote:> George Kontostanos wrote, on 1/15/2008 10:51 AM: > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > > > 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008 > > Not quite yet ... > > # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. > Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RC2 from update1.FreeBSD.org... done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. > Applying metadata patches... done. > Inspecting system... done. > > [snip] > > Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y > > Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > > Royce > > -- > Royce D. Williams - IP Engineering, ACS > http://www.tycho.org/royce/ - PGP: 3FC087DB/1776A531 > Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings. - S.Johnson > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >Well, I followed the old traditional way of syncing my code and then doing the the build world & kernel thing.
On Jan 15, 2008 10:25 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > This question happens every time we get near a release. > > There will be a release when, and only when, a signed email is sent from > the Release Engineering team to the various mailing lists. In the meantime, > final preparations are being made, such as giving the mirrors time to get > the bits, so that they will be there when the announcement goes out. > > Please be patient. > > mcl >Sorry Mark, I just got a bit enthusiastic with it! George
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:25:43PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote:> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > This question happens every time we get near a release. > > There will be a release when, and only when, a signed email is sent from > the Release Engineering team to the various mailing lists. In the meantime, > final preparations are being made, such as giving the mirrors time to get > the bits, so that they will be there when the announcement goes out. > > Please be patient. > > mclHow long does it take to get all the mirrors ready? I have a mirror at work (Juniper Networks) and we have had all the bits since Tuesday. We are really looking forward to 6.3 Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.2 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 155 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20080117/2e9b1847/attachment.pgp
Quoting Josef Grosch, who wrote on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:59:01PM -0800 ..> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:25:43PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: > > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > > > This question happens every time we get near a release. > > > > There will be a release when, and only when, a signed email is sent from > > the Release Engineering team to the various mailing lists. In the meantime, > > final preparations are being made, such as giving the mirrors time to get > > the bits, so that they will be there when the announcement goes out. > > > > Please be patient. > > > > mcl > > How long does it take to get all the mirrors ready? I have a mirror at work > (Juniper Networks) and we have had all the bits since Tuesday. We areInteresting, given that I only finished uploading the Alpha dist CD images today. And pc98 I think was uploaded yesterday. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org