From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 8 21:56:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA20463 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19878 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:54:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (wes@zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17293; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 22:53:48 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <361D96DB.3FB6703@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 22:53:47 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kris@gwyneth.gric.com CC: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Future of -stable? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG kris@gwyneth.gric.com wrote: > > Here's something I've been wondering about for a bit but I've never really > gotten a straight answer. Currently I'm using 2.2.7-stable, however I just > got a new larger drive and I want to install 3.0-beta and follow it > through release and on into 3.0-stable if possible. Anyhow I've used cvsup > a lot and I'm wondering once 3.0 is released, will there be a 3.0-stable? > And does this mean that for a short time there will be a 3.0-stable and a > 2.2-stable (till 2.2.8 is released). Or will the 3.0.X development still > be called current? > > Mainly what I want to do is install 3.0-beta and keep up with the 3.0.x > tree from there, preferably a the stable version if possible. Any ideas on > how/where -stable is going to go? > > I'm sure I probably would be more well informed had I been around during > the 1.0 to 2.0 transition. Any hints or insight would be appreciated. I'm > subbed to the list so feel free to reply there if you think I'm not the > only one wondering.TIA It's actually quite simple. The -stable branch is intended to be for production machines, you know, those that cannot crash, actually make money, etc. The 3.0-stable branch will be created when 3.0 is validate to be stable enough to warrant it. Until that time, 2.2.8 and then post 2.2.8 will remain the -stable branch, and then at some point when a rough consensus has been reached that 3.x is ready, the 2.2.x-stable branch will eventually grind to a halt for active development. Experience dictates that 3.0 won't become stable until at least 3.0.2, and maybe 3.0.5. This 3.0 release is pretty amibitious, and has a lot of new, complicated features to test, so if you're in a production environment, it may be a while before a 3.0-stable branch comes out. If you're using FreeBSD for workstations, you'll most likely be able to profitably use 3.0 "out of the box" for most (or all) of your work. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message