From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 15 08:26:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA01960 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 08:26:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA01955 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 08:26:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA12467; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:41:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: (jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id KAA28519; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:27:49 -0500 Message-ID: <19970815102749.02060@right.PCS> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:27:49 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: "P. van Leeuwen" Cc: "'Sheldon Hearn'" , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: What is MFC? References: <01BCA978.200B9190@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <01BCA978.200B9190@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za>; from P. van Leeuwen on Aug 08, 1997 at 12:38:24PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 08, 1997 at 12:38:24PM -0000, P. van Leeuwen wrote: > > From: Sheldon Hearn [SMTP:axl@iafrica.com] > > And now my question -- what does the acronym MFC as seen in the cvs-* > > lists mean? > > > Microsoft Foundation Classes :) > > Sorry - Couldn't resist - I have to work with the stuff :( :-) Now, just in case anyone _really_ wants to know, it means "Merge From Current" - fixes being brought into the -stable branch after they've presumably been stress-tested in the -current branch. -- Jonathan