>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I understand, and I am happy to remove the RC1 stuff from the snapshot >> directory. Steve> Why the RC* tarballs are located anywhere _but_ the snapshot tree? Because they are release candidates and not snapshots, and I currently treat them more like releases than like snapshots. I'm not meaning to be snarky here. It's mostly because of history - the snapshot dir is a "new thing" and in the past all releases (and release candidates) were done in the release tree. Steve> If it's a matter of accessibility, why not just create a symlink to Steve> the file in the snapshot tree using the same (i.e. time-stamped) Steve> filename. >> If, for some reason, we have patch releases to RC1 then *they* would >> appear in the snapshot directory and have a timestamp. Steve> Doesn't the designation of 'Release Candidate' merely mean that this Steve> development snapshot is considered to be "good enough to release"? That's the hope, and it's a Candidate because we're looking for more significant testing and scrutiny to be sure it is "up to snuff" as a full release. H _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
