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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:28:38 -0500
From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@seton.org>
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Subject: Re: Question about the RELENG_5 branch ...
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On 7/1/05, Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@seton.org> wrote:
> All,
>=20
>       I understand the difference between STABLE and CURRENT but I am a
> bit confused about the RELENG_5 branch. Is this just another name for
> the 5.x STABLE branch or is it used for something completely different?
> I have a production server that is running 5.4-RELEASE but requires a
> few stability fixes that have been checked into RELENG_5. Im just not
> sure if I should cvsup the host to that branch or apply the patches
> manually to the 5.4-RELEASE install.
>=20
> Thanks in advance,
>=20
> --
> Matthew Grooms
>=20

You check to see if they where going to be backported into 5.4?