From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 11:46:26 2003 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 6944616A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-29-189-110.new.rr.com [24.29.189.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24AE944001 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:46:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (sheba.polands.org [172.16.1.33]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PIkNG6019130; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:46:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PIkN5M054560; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:46:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@sheba.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8PIkNKC054559; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:46:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:46:23 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Scott Schappell Message-ID: <20030925184623.GA54540@polands.org> References: <20030925171846.GA54272@polands.org> <3F7324A6.9020105@silvertree.org> <20030925175342.GA54334@polands.org> <3F732FB9.9000900@silvertree.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F732FB9.9000900@silvertree.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking advice for new server: 4.8-REL vs. 4.9-BETA 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, 25 Sep 2003 18:46:26 -0000 On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:11:05AM -0700, Scott Schappell wrote: > Doug Poland wrote: > > >I guess I have some confusion between what's -STABLE and -RELEASE and > >when one becomes the other. Better read up on it. > > > > > The way I understand it is there are three "branches" > > CURRENT - the cutting edge source, use at your own risk, etc (5.x). This > is a branch that is in development. > STABLE - this is the development branch for a current dot release. For > example 4.9 right now is in the STABLE branch and has gone through a > certain level of testing in CURRENT. 4.9 right now is PRERELEASE, but > it's still considered STABLE. Since it's still a dvelopment branch, it's > prone to bugs (but not as many as CURRENT) as used primarily for > contributors to the project or folks who want to stay as absolutely > current in their current RELENG version (4). > RELEASE - this is a branch that is the most stable, it's only updated to > fix security or system issues. > That's a good explaination > If you're tagging *default tag release=. (that's a literal . not a > punctuation mark) then you're tracking CURRENT (5.x) > If you're tagging *default tag release=RELENG_4 you're tracking 4.x STABLE > If you're tagging *default tag release=RELENG_4_8 you're tracking 4.8 > RELEASE (security branch) - this is what I'm following in my cvsupfile. > Ah, makes more sense when you show it this way. > Again, this is how I see it after reading the handbook, and I may be a > bit off the mark :). > Thanks again. -- Regards, Doug