From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 25 17:44:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-54.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083CD37B407 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:44:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 021B066C95; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:44:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:44:36 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Doug Reynolds Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Subject: Re: cvsup RELENG_4 = 4.4-RC1 ? Message-ID: <20010825174435.A86283@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20010825232029.5416537B406@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010825232029.5416537B406@hub.freebsd.org>; from mav@wastegate.net on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 07:18:30PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 07:18:30PM -0400, Doug Reynolds wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:36:32 -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: >=20 > >On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 06:11:34PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > >>=20 > >> Well, RELENG_4 is still technically - or might be considered ;) - > >> 4.x-STABLE, although 4.4-RC is a better description. > >> So yes, I guess you're right - the 4.4-RC1 snapshot of the 4.4-RC > >> period of the RELENG_4 branch (whee..) is a better choice than > >> any snapshot of the 4.3-STABLE period of the RELENG_4 branch.. > >> Okay, I'll shut up now :) > >Not yet! ;^) >=20 > >RELEASE; STABLE; CURRENT are intuitive and easily understood. >=20 > >What do RELENG and RC means? Roman Catholic version? RELease ENGlish > >version? I find it difficult to draw a parallel between these last > >two and the other three above, as I suspect a lot of others do. L8r.. >=20 > RC means Release Canidate. RELENG i am not sure of.. i could only > guess senseless names It refers to tags/branches created by the RELease ENGineer. Kris --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7iEZzWry0BWjoQKURAkMFAJ4wOX816P8y0z4mog45j6nZwcjRjQCgmuZ/ +AV65SBV6yRsIyCN1+Fw4J0= =BEib -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message