From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Apr 9 7:48: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0578337B423 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:48:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14mcxV-000Bd8-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:48:01 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f39Em0H24977 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:48:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:48:00 +0100 From: Rasputin To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releases Message-ID: <20010409154800.A24937@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <030e01c0c0fb$52b2fcc0$340410ac@JRAFTERY> <200104091358.JAA13889@sjt-u10.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200104091358.JAA13889@sjt-u10.cisco.com>; from sjt@cisco.com on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:58:17AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Steve Tremblett [010409 14:59]: > +--- James Raftery wrote: > | > | > | Argh! RELENG_4 is *always* 4-STABLE. An RC is a particularly "stable" > | phase of 4-STABLE development because it's subject to a code-freeze and > | is about to become a -RELEASE. > To be honest, FreeBSD's definition of BETA or RELEASE CANDIDATE is > contrary to common understanding of the terms. BETA or RC implies new > code that is currently in the testing phase (well RC implies that it is > almost ready for release, but it still hasn't been proven as ready). How is that different for FreeBSD then? > Actually, maybe they should try it the other way around. There are > commits to the STABLE stream, and when the STABLE stream is solid > enough, it is released. STABLE sounds to me like it should be called > BETA! Hmm. Do you actually track STABLE? Been tracking it for over a year and I think it's broken twice in all that time. More importantly, it's been fixed within a day. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message