Add a page for the monthly snapshots and remove the old
snapshots page. Discussed on: re@ and doceng@
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# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/Makefile,v 1.44 2004/10/22 10:23:45 rwatson Exp $
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# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/Makefile,v 1.45 2004/11/30 16:49:55 kensmith Exp $
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.if exists(../Makefile.conf)
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DOCS?= index.sgml snapshots.sgml
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DOCS?= index.sgml
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SUBDIR= 1.1 1.1.5 2.0 2.0.5R 2.1R 2.1.5R 2.1.6R 2.1.7R 2.2R
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SUBDIR= 1.1 1.1.5 2.0 2.0.5R 2.1R 2.1.5R 2.1.6R 2.1.7R 2.2R
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SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R 2.2.7R 2.2.8R 3.0R 3.1R 3.2R
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SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R 2.2.7R 2.2.8R 3.0R 3.1R 3.2R
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [
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<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/releases/snapshots.sgml,v 1.16 2002/08/21 08:40:06 blackend Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Snapshot Releases">
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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]>
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<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/snapshots.sgml,v 1.16 2002/08/21 08:40:06 blackend Exp $ -->
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<html>
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&header;
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<h2>What are snapshots?</h2>
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<p>As part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall
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release process <em>before</em> a release actually slips
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out the door with problems that make folks mad, we are now
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periodically producing interim <em>test</em> releases
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called snapshots. These snapshots will be very similar to
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full releases, except that they will be somewhat more
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minimal. In particular, before getting and installing a
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snapshot release, be aware of following:
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<ul>
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<li>We generally will not, for example, produce new
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XFree86 distributions or worry much about the tools
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directory, unless either of those two things are affected
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by the changes being tested.
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<li>The major release number will not be changed in the
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main distribution for each snapshot. It will
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<em>only</em> be changed on the boot floppies so that you
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know when the snapshot was made. These are <em>not</em>
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releases, these are <em>snapshots</em>, and it is
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important that this distinction be preserved. People can
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and will, of course, refer to snapshots by date in mail
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or netnews, we just do not want them to start thinking
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that Christmas came early and the next release is already
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out!
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<li>Finally, we will not necessarily update the
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documentation. If a README still refers to a previous release,
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well, that is much less important to than getting the
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real bug fixes and new features out for testing. Complaints
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about that kind of thing will be quietly ignored. Again,
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these are <em>snapshots</em>, not releases!
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</ul>
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<p>Your feedback on these snapshots is, of course, greatly
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welcome. They are not just for our benefit - those who are
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coming to rely on FreeBSD for mission critical
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applications should welcome a chance to get at more updated
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bits in a structured fashion. You can also use these
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snapshots as tangible evidence that your feedback is
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getting incorporated and that you (hopefully) will not have
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any unpleasant surprises in the next release. On the other hand, if
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you do send us hate mail next release and it turns out that you
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never even tried the snapshots, well, it cuts both ways!
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<h2>Where to find snapshots</h2>
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<p>Snapshots for both <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT">FreeBSD-CURRENT</a> and <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE">FreeBSD-STABLE</a>
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are available via anonymous FTP from
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<a href="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
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ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a>.
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The snapshot releases are in directories named in the
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format <b>REL-YYYYMMDD-*SNAP</b> where `<b>REL</b>' is the
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release number (i.e. 5.2-CURRENT or 4.9-STABLE), `<b>YYYY</b>'
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is the year, `<b>MM</b>' is the month, and `<b>DD</b>' is the
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day the snapshot was released. Each snapshot directory contains a
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`<b>RELNOTES.TXT</b>' file which outlines the changes for the
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particular snapshot.</p>
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<P></p><a href="index.html">Release Home</a>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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# $FreeBSD$
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DOCS?= index.sgml
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.include "${WEB_PREFIX}/share/mk/web.site.mk"
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# $FreeBSD$
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WEBBASE?= /data/snapshots
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WEB_PREFIX?= ${.CURDIR}/../../..
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD$">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Snapshot Releases">
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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<!ENTITY url.snapshots "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/snapshots">
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]>
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<!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
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&header;
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<em>before</em> a release actually slips out the door with problems,
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These snapshots will be very similar to full releases,
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except that they will be somewhat more minimal.</p>
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<h2>Getting Snapshots</h2>
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<p>The snapshots currently available are the following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/">5-STABLE February, 2005</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/RELNOTES.TXT">abridged release notes</a></li>
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<!-- template for adding a new entry:
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/">5-STABLE February, 2005</a>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/RELNOTES.TXT">abridged release notes</a></li>
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-->
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT">6-CURRENT</a>
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and <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE">5-STABLE</a>
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are released monthly in URLs in the format
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<tt>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/snapshots/<month>_<year>/<arch>/</tt>
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where <tt><year></tt> is the year,
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<tt><month></tt> is the month the snapshot was released,
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and <tt><arch></tt> is the architecture which the snapshot for.
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Each snapshot directory contains a <tt>RELNOTES.TXT</tt>
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file which outlines the changes for the particular snapshot.</p>
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<h2>Things You Might Want to Know</h2>
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<p>In particular, before getting and installing a snapshot release,
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be aware of following:</p>
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<li>The snapshots are primarily for
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testing purpose and not fully tested compared to the releases.
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They may include experimental or degraded features that
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can corrupt your existing system.</li>
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<li>The major release number will not be changed in the
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main distribution for each snapshot.
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It will <em>only</em> be changed on the boot floppies
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so that you know when the snapshot was made.
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These are <em>not</em> releases, these are <em>snapshots</em>,
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and it is important that this distinction be preserved.
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Although people can and will, of course, refer to snapshots
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by date in mail or netnews, do not confuse them.</li>
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<li>Finally, we will not necessarily update the documentation.
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For example, <tt>README</tt> may still refer
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than getting the real bug fixes and new features out for testing.
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Please do not send a bug report about the documentation.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Your feedback on these snapshots is, of course, greatly welcome.
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They are not just for our benefit - those who are coming to rely
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a chance to get at more updated bits in a structured fashion.
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You can also use these snapshots as tangible evidence that your
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feedback is getting incorporated and that you (hopefully) will not have
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any unpleasant surprises in the next release.
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well, it cuts both ways!</p>
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&footer;
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