On 05.01.2009, at 20:18, Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 11:04:01PM +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> On 02.01.2009, at 17:09, Brian Pepple wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> A pre-release build of 8.2.1 is now available for testing. It has >>> passed >>> an initial smoke test and now needs broader testing. >>> >>> The build download and problem reporting instructions are here: >>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Friends_in_testing#Current_status >>> >>> The very early draft release notes are here: >>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Notes/8.2.1 >>> >>> Please send a note to the list if you try this build even if you >>> don't >>> find anything interesting. We want to measure our test capacity. >> >> >> You should mention that you want people to test the latest >> "staging" build, not the latest "8.2.1" build (which is exactly >> the same as 8.2.0 at this point): >> >> http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/8.2.1-staging.html >> >> This is a significant change from previous release procedures >> (e.g., I was not even aware that "staging" builds were meant for >> testing). > > Bert, > > Here's the idea: > > (f10/olpc4) (f9/olpc3) > | | > v v > joyride staging > | | > v v > (9.1.0) 8.2.1 > \ \ available now. > \ will be created eventually > > (This is the first time we've had two active integration streams.) > > Does this help clarify things?
That was already clear, my misunderstanding was just that I thought "staging" was just for, err, staging, then you would make an 8.2.1 release candidate, and that would get tested. - Bert - _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
