From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 18:56:49 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 338FB16A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:56:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195AC43D45 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:56:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:56:48 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 7936C5D04; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:56:48 -0700 (PDT) To: Geert Hendrickx In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:15 +0200." <20040831185115.GA87826@lori.mine.nu> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:56:48 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20040831185648.7936C5D04@ptavv.es.net> cc: kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Pete French cc: Charles Ulrich 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 18:56:49 -0000 > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:15 +0200 > From: Geert Hendrickx > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > 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). Both 4 and 5 will be STABLE for some period of time. Sometime after 4 goes into security fixes only mode, I suppose it really should be relegated to questions@. (Reality...V3 questions still show up on stable from time to time and even the occasional 2.2 question.) Today and until 5-Stable appears, I think you really, really want to put 5.x stuff on current@ so it will be seen by the right people. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634