From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 26 4:20:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8EB237B406 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 04:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from 3web.net ([209.197.159.231]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GIOA5F00.6G6 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 05:20:03 -0600 Received: by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSAgent 1.22b Service) ; Sun, 26 Aug 01 05:20:01 -0600 for Received: from 3web.net (127.0.0.1) by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSSmtp 1.50 Service) ; Sun, 26 Aug 01 05:19:40 -0600 for Received: by mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 26 Aug 2001 05:19:35 -0600 Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 05:19:33 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Freebsd Questions Subject: Re: cvsup RELENG_4 = 4.4-RC1 ? Message-ID: <20010826051932.A156587@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Kris Kennaway , Freebsd Questions References: <20010825232029.5416537B406@hub.freebsd.org> <20010825174435.A86283@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010825174435.A86283@xor.obsecurity.org>; from "Kris Kennaway" on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 05:44:36PM X-Envelope-Receiver: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 05:44:36PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 07:18:30PM -0400, Doug Reynolds wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:36:32 -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > > > > >On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 06:11:34PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > >> > > >> Well, RELENG_4 is still technically - or might be considered ;) - > > >> 4.x-STABLE, although 4.4-RC is a better description. > > >> So yes, I guess you're right - the 4.4-RC1 snapshot of the 4.4-RC > > >> period of the RELENG_4 branch (whee..) is a better choice than > > >> any snapshot of the 4.3-STABLE period of the RELENG_4 branch.. > > >> Okay, I'll shut up now :) > > >Not yet! ;^) > > > > >RELEASE; STABLE; CURRENT are intuitive and easily understood. > > > > >What do RELENG and RC means? Roman Catholic version? RELease ENGlish > > >version? I find it difficult to draw a parallel between these last > > >two and the other three above, as I suspect a lot of others do. L8r.. > > > > RC means Release Canidate. RELENG i am not sure of.. i could only > > guess senseless names > > It refers to tags/branches created by the RELease ENGineer. > > Kris duh... why couldn't / didn't *I* think of that one? ;^) Thanks.... -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message