From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 3 10:27: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.wanadoo.nl (smtp2.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51CA737B400; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:26:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (i1814.vwr.wanadoo.nl [194.134.215.30]) by smtp2.wanadoo.nl (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g43HLmJ27412; Fri, 3 May 2002 19:21:49 +0200 (MEST) Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 19:20:50 +0200 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" Cc: dave@jetcafe.org, brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, kudzu@tenebras.com, tlambert2@MINDSPRING.COM, drew@mykitchentable.net, bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difference between RELENG_* and RELENG_*_BP Message-Id: <20020503192050.0d9f7f29.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20020503131502.28B45BB29@i8k.babbleon.org> References: <200205030637.g436bab89675@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <20020503131502.28B45BB29@i8k.babbleon.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 3 May 2002 09:15:01 -0400 Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: BTS> Stable is, in fact, fairly stable. I mean, if you are going to track updates I would go so far as to say that -stable is remarkably stable. So much so that it is easily mistaken for some kind of magicly tested prerelease track. The fact that this mistake can be made is an impressive tribute to the committers involved, the fact that it can be made so often is even more impressive. The most effective way to reduce expectations on the branch would probably be to break it more often - I am quite happy with this not being tried :) -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message