Announce 12.1-RC1.

Approved by:	re (implicit)
Sponsored by:	Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)

share/xml/news.xml

@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@
     <month>
       <name>10</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>11</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;12.1-RC1 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The first RC build for the &os;&nbsp;12.1 release
+	    cycle is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6,
+	    armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, and
+	    sparc64 architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2019-October/091599.html">available</a>
+	    on most of our <a
+	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	      mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>11</name>
 

share/xml/release.ent

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 <!ENTITY beta2.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY % beta2.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY betarel2.current '12.1'>
-<!ENTITY betarel2.vers 'BETA3'>
+<!ENTITY betarel2.vers 'RC1'>
 <!ENTITY u.betarel2.schedule '&base;/releases/&betarel2.current;R/schedule.html'>
 
  <!-- Release-specific macros to help keep other macros such as