From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 07:08:33 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 554C716A4D0 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 07:08:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2FC43D39 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 07:08:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i4RE6KV04957; Thu, 27 May 2004 10:06:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200405271406.i4RE6KV04957@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:06:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20040527113518.GB9499@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> from "Matthew Seaman" at May 27, 2004 12:35:18 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Earl Larsen 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 14:08:33 -0000 > > > 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. Geez, you keep this up and you're going to end up making this process all clearly understood. No mystery left... ;-) ////jerry > > 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 >