June 15, Microsoft started over RTM assemblies Windows 7, and now we are witnessing the preparations for the launch of the technological processes to start assembling RTM builds of Windows 7, as well as the emergence of a new branch builds win7_rtm.
We will inform you on the progress of the assembly RTM builds.
That's the first candidate for the final assembly of Windows 7.
All assemblies in the assembly line WIN7_RTM candidates for the finals:
6.1.7260.0.win7_rtm.090612-2110 - RTM branch build
You may ask why the first assembly win7_rtm has already been collected on 12 June not 15 June. There are several working groups involved in the process of assembling and assessing the quality of assemblies. Once the assembly is collected and its quality is confirmed, assembly already seen leading engineers, and only then put to the vote, these assemblies will be few. How do you understand all of these steps and procedures take time, so only the June 15 assembly from June 12, attained the status of the real candidates for the final RTM release.
NB: Look for updates in this article, we will inform you on the progress of cases!
We can now say with almost 100 % cetainty that RTM will be signed off this week, will be leaked on June 19, 2009 and will be distributed to TAP partners on or before June 30, 2009. There will be 5 candidate builds built between June 12, 2009 and June 18, 2009, and one of those will be chosen by a team of engineers at Microsoft to become the final Windows 7 RTM. It is unclear at this point what the build number will be or if the build chosen will keep its current build number or be reved up to a different version. As soon as we know about the candidates we will post them for you.
Candidate 1: 6.1.7260.0.win7_rtm.090612-2110
Candidate 2: 6.1.7xxx.0.win7_rtm.090615-xxxx
Candidate 3: 6.1.7xxx.0.win7_rtm.090616-xxxx
Candidate 4: 6.1.7xxx.0.win7_rtm.090617-xxxx
Candidate 5: 6.1.7xxx.0.win7_rtm.090618-xxxx
As we learn the details about each build string they will be filled in. At this point, receiving any of the candidates for distribution is very likely, but if that is to change we will let you know. So at this point, 7229, 7231, and 7232 are the final Windows 7 leaks before RTM.
We also are beginning to receive some of the first tidbits of official RTM goodies, such as wallpapers, sound schemes, etc. The first of which is one of the official RTM wallpapers. We will update this post with each new goodie as we get it.