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From: -Vince- <vince@apollo.COSC.GOV>
To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 update
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On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote:

> It seems that -Vince- said:
> > > At some   point after 2.1,  -CURRENT will  probably  become 2.3-CURRENT and
> > > -STABLE will be 2.2-STABLE to end up with 2.2-RELEASE and so on.
> > 
> > 	So what you are saying is that -release is really just -current 
> > at some point?  and -stable is just really -current before a -release?
> 
> Not really.
> 
> What we have *now* is:
> 
> * 2.1-STABLE will become 2.1-RELEASE
> * 2.2-CURRENT aka "the Bleeding Edge(tm)". 

	Yes, but won't people in 2.1-RELEASE when it comes out be supping
-CURRENT once again?

> What we will [probably] have is
> 
> * 2.2-CURRENT become 2.2-STABLE after 2.1-RELEASE is out. It is intended to
>   be 2.2-RELEASE one day. 
> 
> When 2.2-STABLE begins its life, 2.3-CURRENT will begin and so on. 
> 
> Note as I'm   not part of   the core team  so what   is above  are only  my
> thoughts, they may want to change the numbers :-)

	Oh okay, it seems like everyone has a different way of explaining 
this =)

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