Please help test our pre-release build of 8.2.1

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 05.01.2009, at 20:18, Michael Stone wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 11:04:01PM +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> On 02.01.2009, at 17:09, Brian Pepple wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> A pre-release build of 8.2.1 is now available for testing. It has   
>>> passed
>>> an initial smoke test and now needs broader testing.
>>>
>>> The build download and problem reporting instructions are here:
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Friends_in_testing#Current_status
>>>
>>> The very early draft release notes are here:
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Notes/8.2.1
>>>
>>> Please send a note to the list if you try this build even if you  
>>> don't
>>> find anything interesting. We want to measure our test capacity.
>>
>>
>> You should mention that you want people to test the latest  
>> "staging"  build, not the latest "8.2.1" build (which is exactly  
>> the same as  8.2.0 at this point):
>>
>> http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/8.2.1-staging.html
>>
>> This is a significant change from previous release procedures  
>> (e.g., I  was not even aware that "staging" builds were meant for  
>> testing).
>
> Bert,
>
> Here's the idea:
>
> (f10/olpc4)    (f9/olpc3)
>      |             |
>      v             v
>   joyride       staging
>      |             |
>      v             v
>   (9.1.0)        8.2.1
>         \             \ available now.
>          \ will be created eventually
>
> (This is the first time we've had two active integration streams.)
>
> Does this help clarify things?

That was already clear, my misunderstanding was just that I thought  
"staging" was just for, err, staging, then you would make an 8.2.1  
release candidate, and that would get tested.

- Bert -