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Date:      Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:26:54 -0500
From:      Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        dcs@newsguy.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.0-STABLE?
Message-ID:  <00040514265400.13842@nomad.dataplex.net>
In-Reply-To: <38EB1409.9CCD920@newsguy.com>
References:  <38EA0CF6.29E817B3@home.com> <00040500170900.10108@nomad.dataplex.net> <38EB1409.9CCD920@newsguy.com>

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On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, Daniel Sobral wrote:

> > But that IS the way CVS works. There is NO "STABLE" tag. The tag is
> > "RELENG_4".
> >
> > If you want CVS to reflect the way you describe the system, you would
> > have to change the repository to match your description. I advocate that
> > we change the description to match the repository.
>
> Ah, you are asking for we dropping "stable" completely, and simple refer
> to the (stable) branches as RELENG_3, RELENG_4, etc? Sorry, I had
> misunderstood you.

Naturally, I would not use the "RELENG_" but refer to them as FreeBSD-3 
or some other isomorphic usr-friendly label.

I would get rid of "-STABLE" part of elsewhere because it is redundant.

However, I would not discard "STABLE" entirely. I would just make an
alias or symbolic link to the most recent release that deserves that 
"blessing".

BTW, I think it was a mistake to attach the "blessing" so soon after the
branch was created. But that is another discussion.


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