From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 00:37:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295CE16A40F for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:37:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from frontmail.ipactive.de (frontmail.ipactive.de [85.214.39.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A79EF43D45 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:37:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from mail.vtec.ipme.de (gprs-pool-1-012.eplus-online.de [212.23.126.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by frontmail.ipactive.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E6433D21 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:37:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (cesar.sz.vwsoft.com [192.168.16.3]) by mail.vtec.ipme.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9A72E54D; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:37:14 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4504AFD1.2070703@vwsoft.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:37:37 +0200 From: Volker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us References: <20060910035614.282CD16A58D@hub.freebsd.org> <45049112.3@vwsoft.com> <20060910233325.GA3845@holestein.holy.cow> <4504A89A.5070400@vwsoft.com> <4504ACF5.6050303@seclark.us> In-Reply-To: <4504ACF5.6050303@seclark.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VWSoft-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com X-ipactive-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ipactive-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ipactive-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug-free software (Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:37:38 -0000 On 2006-09-11 02:25, Stephen Clark wrote: > Sorry to be dense but what does MFCing mean. I have googled for it but > can find > nothing that explains it. > > Thanks, > Steve > Steve, MFC means "merge from current" (read as: merge from CURRENT [HEAD] cvs tree into the current -STABLE tree). I'm seeing -CURRENT as a playground for new features, technologies and support for latest hardware. If something has worked out there, the changes are merged from the -CURRENT tree into the (non-release) -STABLE tree. -STABLE has a broader audience and mistakes will probably being detected there. At a time before RELEASE date the -STABLE tree is being frozen (no new features are allowed to be merged into -STABLE) and after a testing phase (BETA / PRE-RELEASE) the code will be released. Greetings, Volker