From 929449ddaf4fbd61e827e7d75776acd94c287bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gerrand Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:33:10 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: explain release and weekly tags in install.html R=r CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/4272058 --- doc/install.html | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index 816e6e6540f..2b47eb514af 100644 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -275,7 +275,24 @@ For the full story, consult Go's extensive

Keeping up with releases

-

New releases are announced on the Go Nuts mailing list. +

+The Go project maintains two stable tags in its Mercurial repository: +release and weekly. +The weekly tag is updated about once a week, and should be used by +those who want to track the project's development. +The release tag is given, less often, to those weekly releases +that have proven themselves to be robust. +

+ +

+Most Go users will want to keep their Go installation at the latest +release tag. +New releases are announced on the +golang-announce +mailing list. +

+ +

To update an existing tree to the latest release, you can run:

@@ -286,6 +303,10 @@ $ hg update release $ ./all.bash +

+To use the weekly tag run hg update weekly instead. +

+

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