From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 19:07:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191D91065674 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5838FC0A for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:07:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0E51A000B0F for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 4ry2uyIcx0sc for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F4321A000B27 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:26 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <851F09A2-788D-4343-9E00-A0AB5C3AC063@netconsonance.com> <20080920044148.GA60230@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <20080920044148.GA60230@in-addr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200809221207.26824.fjwcash@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... 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, 22 Sep 2008 19:07:39 -0000 On September 19, 2008 09:41 pm Gary Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 07:38:32PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: > > Without input from the current release team extending the support > > schedule is not possible. > > Inquiry - is release team the constraint? > > Or to put it another way, what to you is "support" in terms of > FreeBSD releases? > > As far as I am aware, if you stick on a RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE tag RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE never changes. That tag gives you the same bits that are on the FreeBSD X.Y.Z install CD. RELENG_X_Y is the security branch for FreeBSD X.Y. This branch gets the security updates, and the occasional major bug fix. RELENG_X is the -STABLE development branch for FreeBSD X. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com