From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 2 16:58:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA02555 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:58:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA02546 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:58:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id TAA17941; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 19:58:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19971002195822.55220@vinyl.quickweb.com> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 19:58:22 -0400 From: Mark Mayo To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Murray Stokely , Brian Haskin , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSUP vs. SNAPS References: <25507.875833224@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <25507.875833224@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Oct 02, 1997 at 04:00:24PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Oct 02, 1997 at 04:00:24PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Brian Haskin wrote: > > % > > 2.2-STABLE (where we are today) > > % > > 2.2.5-BETA (for while we are in BETA on the branch) > > % > > 2.2.5-RELEASE (when you finally roll the puppy up) > > % > > 2.2.5-STABLE (after you roll the release). > > % > > % Why this seems rather logical and easy to follow at least to me a > > % newbie. > > > > Why? If we were in the 2.2.2-STABLE branch right now, it might make > > some sense. But we're not. We're in 2.2-STABLE. It's a development > > branch, not a specific release, and the naming scheme fits the > > development paradigm rather well I think. > > > > There is no 2.2.5 branch where a -stable tree could be tracked, its > > just a specific release from the 2.2 branch. So 2.2.5-stable wouldn't > > make any sense. > > Thanks for summarizing my position so succinctly, Murray. ;-) I'd have to agree! I think all that needs to be explained better is the notion of a "branch" and a "release" - i.e. a release is just a snapshot of the 2.2 development branch. I think many newbies aren't familiar with the branch terminology due to the fact that in the Windows world users just don't get to "touch" the development process so directly :-) My $.02, -Mark > > Jordan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@quickweb.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU