Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 13:19:01 -0700 (MST) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@iMach.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Colin <cwass99@home.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug-fixing previous -RELEASE, was Re: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991126130751.29031A-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <13998.943644592@zippy.cdrom.com>
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(Leaving Jordan's original message for context) I think I just "got it". Is the following description correct: (Ignoring -CURRENT for a minute). You have stable tracking along with "snapshots" like: -STABLE-19991001 -STABLE-19991002 -STABLE-19991005 and so on. (Exact naming convention might be sligtly different) My original assumption was that this occured: -STABLE-19991201 - Feature Freeze -STABLE-19991206 - Bug fixes incorporated -STABLE-19991212 - Final bug fixes incorporated -STABLE-19991215 - release - EXACTLY the same as -RELEASE, no new branch -STABLE-19991216 - Back to "stable normallity" I believe what I am hearing is that in reality what occurs is this: -STABLE-19991212 - Final bug fixes incorporated -STABLE-19991215 - release, NEW BRANCH CREATED. And then we have both: -STABLE-19991216 - next stable "snapshot" ...and so on -RELEASE-19991220 - release bugfixes ...and so on. So in all reality, I could track -RELEASE on a machine instead of -STABLE to get bug fixes. Of course, I would also have to help encorage someone to merge "critical" bug-fixes back into the appropriate -RELEASE. Is this correct? If not, where did I err? -forrestc@imach.com On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Ok, so, let's assume I JUST want to incorporate bugfixes into the -RELEASE > > (be it 3.x or whatever) that I have on a particular machine. How would I > > go about doing this? > > If it's a new bug fix, file a PR. If it's a merge case, plead to > committers for a merge to your branch of choice. With 185 > committers or whatever our number is this week, it's generally not > hard to find a sympathetic ear for specific requests. > > - Jordan > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) KD7EHZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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