Re: 8.1 Release Candidate 1 Bundled ...

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Hi Lamar,

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Lamar Owen wrote:

>> So thinking that:
>
>> * Beta and RC RPMs are used only by testers
>> * We use the beta and RC steps to build the new RPM sets, so that means
>> that actually they are not production quality looking from the RPM
>> perspective.
>
> By way of clarification, as I am the one who wrote that portion of the
> spec file, an 'RPM prerelease' and a 'beta' weren't intended to be the
> same thing; the line in the spec referenced was for my own use to remind
> me that my own internal testing packages (with a release number 0.x)
> weren't intended for public consumption.  Devrim, you can remove that
> section of the spec file at any time at this point, because you are using
> CVS for the purpose that I was using 'prerelease' RPMs.

Ok, I've removed that part from the spec files.

> Historically, beta and release candidate RPM's were put on the main ftp
> site but flagged as beta quality.  I certainly appreciate your dilligence
> in following those instructions I wrote long ago, but, thanks to your
> smoother release process (in no small part due to the use of CVS) those
> instructions are obsolete.  Many thanks for being that dilligent!

:) Ok, I will be putting the beta and RC RPMs to FTP site from now on.

Regards,
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