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Windows 7 RTM Build 7263?
WZor has written a pretty lengthy article that I can’t translate at the moment (I’m over at my mom’s house for dinner… blogging, lol), but the header says that Microsoft engineers are signing off on the RTM build! Apparently, the new build to be signed off on (but currently just an RTM candidate) is:
6.1.7263.0.win7_rtm.090619-1900
So far, it’s the 20th and WZor noted that the RTM build would leak after the 19th… but just how long after is the question. Will 7263 be THE RTM build? According to WZor, it’s likely… well, more than likely, but we’ll see what happens. The next 24 hours should be interesting! Maybe we’ll have an RTM build of Windows 7 to install on our machines before the end of the weekend. =) What do you think?
UPDATE: Thank you a great deal to Ilia Jerebtsov, the first commenter of this post, for providing a summarized translation of what all is written on the WZor page regarding this build. This is what Ilia has translated for us:
“The post says that Microsoft had lengthy voting and discussions about which build to make RTM (7260, 61 or 62), but in the end neither build got the required votes to pass. So they decided to take the 7263 build as a new candidate for RTM. A lot of the post after that is a Angels and Demons parody.
Further on, they clarify on their previous statements about the June 19 date. The gist of it, and the most important part, is that they state that the RTM can be expected after the 19th, and not on the 19th. They believe that the 19th is a key date, after which they possibly might find out which release was selected, and its technical info.
Since none of the first three builds managed to pass voting, it will be voted on again in two days, and this might repeat itself all the way up to July 13th. However, they’re confident that it’ll be decided before the end of June.
About whether the 7263 build will leak, they say that the number of people with access to it is currently extremely limited. All builds of all versions and languages are done on the same day, and that’s a lot of data that none of the people at Microsoft will receive until automated testing has passed.
Even if this build leaks, before anything’s “signed” there can be no guarantees that that’ll be the final.
They say not to get any fantasies of it coming out on CONNECT or MSDN earlier at least another 2-3 weeks after the build is decided.”
Thanks again, Ilia! I really appreciate you taking the time to write all of that. =)
-Stephen
The post says that Microsoft had lengthy voting and discussions about which build to make RTM (7260, 61 or 62), but in the end neither build got the required votes to pass. So they decided to take the 7263 build as a new candidate for RTM. A lot of the post after that is a Angels and Demons parody.
Further on, they clarify on their previous statements about the June 19 date. The jist of it, and the most important part, is that they state that the RTM can be expected after the 19th, and not on the 19th. They believe that the 19th is a key date, after which they possibly might find out which release was selected, and its technical info.
Since none of the first three builds managed to pass voting, it will be voted on again in two days, and this might repeat itself all the way up to July 13th. However, they're confident that it'll be decided before the end of June.
About whether the 7263 build will leak, they say that the number of people with access to it is currently extremely limited. All builds of all versions and languages are done on the same day, and that's a lot of data that none of the people at Microsoft will receive until automated testing has passed.
Even if this build leaks, before anything's "signed" there can be no guarantees that that'll be the final.
They say not to get any fantasies of it coming out on CONNECT or MSDN earlier at least another 2-3 weeks after the build is decided.
Yoo upload that shit on rapidshare , okay? KTHXBAI
Hi! I'm mctwistah from Philippines. Just to help you guys for the translations. Just go to google translator. Then paste the paragraphs and select the russian to english then click translate.
No Shit Sherlock!
Does anybody know what kind of differences there could even be between 7260, 7261, 7262, and 7263 that Microsoft even has to vote on?
Probably just stability and minor bugs.