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From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
Subject: Re: RELENG_4_3 calls itself -RELEASE?
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 04:30:20 +0100
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On Friday 03 August 2001  3:07 am, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:19:42AM +0100, Andrew Boothman wrote:
> > I prefer -SECURITY, because it makes it clear this is the branch
> > dedicated to security fixes and nothing else.
>
> Yes, but then the newbies would think this was some special release
> with extra security features.  And complain when they get rooted.
> We go through "why isn't -STABLE really stable" three or four times
> per year.

Agreed. Bloody newbies :-)

But won't -SOLID have roughly the same sort of problems? People will think it 
is somehow more solid than -STABLE. I can see the questions now, "What is the 
difference between a -SOLID and a -STABLE machine?" :-)

I don't think -SOLID really says security fixes. It says stability fixes to 
me, of which security fixes are just a part.

My vote is still on -SECURITY. You'll never find a name that is all things to 
all people.

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