Re: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2 Now Available

From: vermaden <vermaden_at_interia.pl>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:20:07 UTC 
Seems logical, thank You.



Temat: Re: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2 Now Available
Data: 2025-09-15 1:17
Nadawca: "Colin Percival" &lt;cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Adresat: "vermaden" &lt;vermaden@interia.pl>; "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" &lt;re@FreeBSD.org>; "freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org" &lt;freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org>; "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org" &lt;freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>; 

 
>> On 9/14/25 15:09, vermaden wrote:
>> Seems that 15.0-ALPHA2 landed in the 'snapshots' dir:
>> - https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/
>> 
>> While previous 15.0-ALPHA1 landed in the 'releases' dir:
>> - https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/
>> 
>> Is it desired that way?
> 
> Yes, the bits landing in "releases" was a mistake.  I was set straight
> by a few people including the previous release engineer -- ALPHA
> builds count as "snapshots".
> 
> This is mostly for obscure historical reasons, and if I'm still doing
> this job when 16.0 comes around I might change things to treat
> ALPHA builds the same way as BETA builds, but for now
> "snapshots" is the right place for them.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Percival
> FreeBSD Release Engineering Lead &amp; EC2 platform maintainer
> Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups
> for the truly paranoid