[wp-testers] RC2 And 2.7 In The Same Day?

[Jeff Chandler]

Thanks for the clarification. I believe you're right. RC's through 
WordPress have been considered signs that the release could be hours 
away. I just hope those who report on the release point people to the 
public version and not the RC2.


DD32 wrote:
> It might be odd to some people, But quite a lot of people have been testing
> the nightly version for a fair few weeks now, While there was only 2
> "release candidates" testers probably tested ~20 versions of them through
> the automatic upgrade (I believe there were in the range of 20k downloads of
> the nightlies? -- correct me if i'm wrong someone)
>
> Looking back at the last few major releases, RC's are common to be released
> a few moments before finals.
> 2008/12/11 Jeff Chandler <jeffro at jeffro2pt0.com>
>
>   
>> When writing up a post about the release of 2.,7, I looked back to see when
>> RC2 was released and it looks like they were both released to the public on
>> the same day. This seems odd to me. I know that a Release Candidate is just
>> that, a release candidate but I just find it odd that an RC2 would be
>> released and in the same day, the actual version. Maybe this is not weird at
>> all?
>>
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