From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 04:35:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F404816A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 04:35:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C7343D41 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 04:35:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i4RBZJLU010468 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4RBZIKB010463; Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:18 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Earl Larsen Message-ID: <20040527113518.GB9499@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Earl Larsen , Kent Stewart , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway References: <200405251340.36714.elarsen2@cox.net> <200405262310.56262.elarsen2@cox.net> <200405262139.30731.kstewart@owt.com> <200405270019.02858.elarsen2@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405270019.02858.elarsen2@cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040525, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Kent Stewart cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: config is out of sinc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:35:45 -0000 --ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I am a little confused on the differen= ce of=20 > RELENG_4_9 and RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE. Is the first one for stable systems,= and=20 > the later one for current systems? Think of it like this: RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE marks the *beginning* of the RELENG_4_9 branch. RELENG_4_9 marks the *end* of the RELENG_4_9 branch. Thus the set of files labelled as RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE won't change over time, whereas the set of files labelled as RELENG_4_9 will, to account for the security patches added to 4.9-RELEASE. The terms 'stable' and 'current' don't apply to the RELENG_4_9 or any of the other release branches. Think of the whole source repository of FreeBSD as like a tree. The tree has a trunk, which corresponds to 'CURRENT' ('.' in cvsup, also called 'HEAD' in cvs), and the tip of that trunk to the latest development versions of all of the files, etc. that go to make up the sources. Every so often a major branch grows out of that trunk: those are the -STABLE branches. That branching happens on average about once every two years. The first level branches have labels like 'RELENG_4' in cvs. Every few months you then get a 2nd level '-RELEASE' branch from the -STABLE branches: those have labels like 'RELENG_4_9'. Usually there's just the one main -STABLE branch actively being developed at a time and spawning release branches. As a special case at the moment, some -RELEASE branches have been produced directly off the main trunk (CURRENT) -- those are precursors to the imminent creation of the newest main branch to be called 5-STABLE. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAtdJ2iD657aJF7eIRAmdIAJwNQIyWzA9xKxDB48n8uKqM+/6tNQCgt+0Y 2aafbvySiJHEvDDasBhFRG4= =36ZX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd--