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diff --git a/src/doc/book/redirects/release-channels.md b/src/doc/book/redirects/release-channels.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6e01e227f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/doc/book/redirects/release-channels.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +% Release Channels + +<small>There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.</small> + +> The Rust project uses a concept called ‘release channels’ to manage releases. +> New nightly releases are created once a day. +> Every six weeks, the latest nightly release is promoted to ‘Beta’. +> At that point, it will only receive patches to fix serious errors. +> Six weeks later, the beta is promoted to ‘Stable’. + +--- + +This chapter does not exist yet in [the second edition][2]. +You can check out other resources that describe release channels. + +* **[In the Rustup documentation: Keeping Rust Up-to-date][4]** +* [On the website: Install Rust][5] +* [In the Rust RFCs: RFC 507 — Release Channels][3] +* [in the current edition: How Rust is Made and “Nightly Rust”][2] +* <small>[In the first edition: Ch 4.11 — Release Channels][1]</small> + + +[1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.30.0/book/first-edition/release-channels.html +[2]: appendix-07-nightly-rust.html +[3]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0507-release-channels.md +[4]: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustup.rs/blob/master/README.md#keeping-rust-up-to-date +[5]: https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/tools/install + |