What happened with 5.1-RELEASE?

[Thomas Elliott]

Just to add to the confusion, I snagged a copy of 5.1 disc1 from
mirror.ac.uk (my local mirror) - when I went to download disc2 - the 5.1
folder had gone - leaving just RC1.
Something very strange going on methinks.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "stuart nichols" <fbsdstable at cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>
To: <    >
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:40 PM
Subject: What happened with 5.1-RELEASE?


> There used to be messages on this list around the time
> of a new release, letting people know what was happening,
> but that isn't happening this time.  What list should the
> following question be directed to, if not this one?
>
> My auto-download program snagged a copy of the 5.1-RELEASE
> install ISO yesterday morning, but no release announcement
> was made.  The directories exist on most, if not all of the
> ftpNN.freebsd.org servers, but the directories are protected,
> and the one I got it from changed to disallow further downloads.
>
> Did something go wrong with 5.1-RELEASE that required a re-work?
> The CD boots as 5.1-RELEASE, and loads normally.  There are no
> cvsup deltas for RELENG_5_1, so no changes have been made
> available yet.
>
> What happened, and is there some horrible problem with the
> 5.1-RELEASE ISO I got that means I shouldn't load it?  (Too
> late for that now.)  It seems to be 5.1-RC1 with little if
> anything different except for a re-name of the version.
>
> stu
>
> stuart nichols
> CAPnet Network Operations
>
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