Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:29:21 -0400 From: Joe Abley <jabley@automagic.org> To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releases Message-ID: <20010410172920.N7423@buddha.home.automagic.org> In-Reply-To: <200104101336.JAA16571@sjt-u10.cisco.com>; from sjt@cisco.com on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:36:40AM -0400 References: <20010409102526S.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <200104101336.JAA16571@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:36:40AM -0400, Steve Tremblett wrote: > People say "read the handbook". If it is written in stone there, > someone please re-edit this section: > > -------- > 19.2.2.2. Who needs FreeBSD-STABLE? > > If you are a commercial user or someone who puts maximum stability of > their FreeBSD system before all other concerns, you should consider > tracking stable. This is especially true if you have installed the most > recent release (4.2-RELEASE at the time of this writing) since the > stable branch is effectively a bug-fix stream relative to the previous > release. > -------- > > please add "once every few months it will say BETA but don't worry, it > isn't really a beta, because it is more stable than STABLE!" > > To be honest, I don't see the release process discussed in the handbook > at all! There is a section explaining STABLE vs. CURRENT, but that's > about it. Seems to me that if the lowest-common-denominator had some way to stay stable that didn't involve using cvsup or a compiler, this would be a non-issue. Numbered binary patches, anyone? Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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