Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:35:53 +0100 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why RELENG_9 branch is labeled as PRERELEASE and freebsd.org says FreeBSD is currently at 9.1-RC2 ? Message-ID: <20121028223553.507bc4f1@davenulle.org> In-Reply-To: <508D7DF3.8080103@rawbw.com> References: <508C7445.6080809@rawbw.com> <20121028151758.5f866bcb@davenulle.org> <508D7DF3.8080103@rawbw.com>
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Le Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:48:19 -0700, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> a écrit : > > RELENG_9 should be called 9-STABLE, if you want 9.1 use RELENG_9_1 > > Hm, if they wanted to keep RELENG_9 as "stable" 9.X branch, why then > 9.1-PRERELEASE is there? Is PRERELEASE considered more stable than > RC? This looks strange to me. This is because of the release process. At some point (beta) the "stable" branch (RELENG_9 here) is named -PRERELEASE. After (for release candidate) a new branch (RELENG_9_1) is created and named 9.1-XXX. This branch will be the 9.1 release and changes should be only bug fixes. RELENG_9 continues its own way. So yes, RELENG_9 "should" be named 9-STABLE. That will be fixed after the release. I guess nobody takes the time to change the name or they are too busy with the release of 9.1. Regards.
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