From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 6 20:13:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B551937B42C for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 20:13:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chad@freeway.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21563; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 20:13:30 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <200104070313.UAA21563@freeway.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: Further question Re: cvsupped to RELENG_4 but got 4.3-RC In-Reply-To: <200104051827.OAA04621@sjt-u10.cisco.com> from Steve Tremblett at "Apr 5, 1 02:27:42 pm" To: sjt@cisco.com (Steve Tremblett) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 20:13:30 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd@bolingbroke.com, sjt@cisco.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chad@DCFinc.com Organization: DCF, Inc. X-O/S: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE X-Unexpected: The Spanish Inquisition X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As I recall, Steve Tremblett wrote: > So a minor release happens when bugfixes reach a critical mass? Are > there any actual new features in 4.3 or simply fixes on top of > 4.2-RELEASE? Do features from -CURRENT get migrated in if they are > deemed stable enough to ship? The releases happen more or less on a calendar schedule, not by the amount of accumulated changes. There have been about 3 per year. This allows revenue stream from subscriptions, and a sense that progress is being made. And, yes, features do migrate from -CURRENT if deemed safe enough and if there is enough demand. You'll see the phrase MFC on some changes to the -STABLE branch; that stands for "Merged From Current". -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message