From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 2 20:46:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [205.147.43.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C2037B404; Thu, 2 May 2002 20:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g433i7b88531; Thu, 2 May 2002 20:44:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200205030344.g433i7b88531@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert Cc: Brooks Davis , Drew Tomlinson , bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difference between RELENG_* and RELENG_*_BP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 20:44:02 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks all for the responses. Between the web pages and this discussion, my knowledge of this has now become a *lot* clearer. Terry Lambert writes: > -STABLE is called -STABLE these days, but RELENG_X -STABLE is > really RELENG_X_Y + changes pending RELENG_X_(Y+1). Way back > when, I think we had a long knock-down drag-out fight about > naming of -STABLE vs. -DEVEL, and the expectations users have > about the resulting code. That was where -SECURITY showed up: > -SECURITY is a "stable version of -STABLE" (as if things weren't > exciting enough... 8-) 8-)). Gah! Too much excitement for me. ;) I'm sure you folks hashed this all over before, but really...calling a branch "-stable" when it really isn't is not good semantic practice IMNSHO. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "All the wonders you seek are within yourself." -Sir Thomas Brown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message