From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 18:51:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08A116A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:51:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outmx008.isp.belgacom.be (outmx008.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.3.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC7143D49 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:51:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geert@lori.mine.nu) Received: from outmx008.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) with ESMTP id i7VIpMWX017316 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:22 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from lori.mine.nu (150-158.244.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.244.158.150]) with ESMTP id i7VIpF7G017276; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:15 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: by lori.mine.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7461EAEC; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:15 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx To: Charles Ulrich Message-ID: <20040831185115.GA87826@lori.mine.nu> References: <20040823045620.GG15251@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <33774.24.11.146.21.1093267726.squirrel@freedombi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <33774.24.11.146.21.1093267726.squirrel@freedombi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-GPG-Key: http://lori.mine.nu/gnupgkey.asc X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/766C1E92 X-Accept-Language: nl,en cc: kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Pete French Subject: Re: What is Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:51:26 -0000 On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:28:46AM -0400, Charles Ulrich wrote: > Pete French said: > >> still considered stable. After the 5.3 release it is expected > >> 5.X will become stable. At that point I'm not sure what to call > > > > Is that the point at which this list becomes the correct place to ask > > questions about 5.X on as opposed to current ? > > One way to know without keeping track of the details of release engineering is > to just bear in mind that the day on which the first 5.x-STABLE release is > announced on the freebsd.org webpage is also the day that this list becomes > appropriate for 5.x questions. I figure that's a pretty safe indicator. Then where should questions about 4.x go? I'm not upgrading yet, and may not be for a while (at least not for all machines). GH