Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:22:31 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent branching of CURRENT Message-ID: <47100FC7.5090002@intersonic.se> In-Reply-To: <200710130207.19104.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <470FDB17.2080900@intersonic.se> <200710130052.00714.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <47100021.2020500@FreeBSD.org> <200710130207.19104.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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Mel wrote: > On Saturday 13 October 2007 01:15:45 Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Mel wrote: >>> On Friday 12 October 2007 23:15:32 Kris Kennaway wrote: >>>> Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Just out of curiosity, why did I fail to notice the branching of >>>>> RELENG_7 and 8-CURRENT? I'm subscribed to -stable, -current and >>>>> -announce. >>>> Because it's an administrative change that is just a normal part of the >>>> release engineering process. i.e. 7.0 is not released etc. >>> And RELENG_7 is not considered the 'stable' branch yet, but 8-CURRENT is >>> just forked for development of entirely new features? I.o.w. do we 2 >>> current or 2 stable branches now? >> Those are just names, don't worry too much about it. RELENG_7 will be >> the start of a new -STABLE branch once it is released. > > That is actually what I'm worried about. It means drivers are less likely to > be MFC'd to RELENG_6 from 7.0-RELEASE onwards - I was hoping that wouldn't > happen till 7.1. It's called progress. This is normal. If you need a driver that is happening in 7- only, then upgrade to 7. RELENG_6 will turn into a "supported fix branch" or whatever the name is and RELENG_7 is where the action takes place, just like it has been going on for quite some time (please correct me if I'm wrong).home | help
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