Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:44:36 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> Cc: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, "joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us" <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>, "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010626234435.H461@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106270929340.6316-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>; from juha@saarinen.org on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:34:45AM %2B1200 References: <20010626140650.B9911@freeway.dcfinc.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106270929340.6316-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>
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--dDnEQgWzhgf+8aPe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:34:45AM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > Actually, -CURRENT is "development" and -STABLE is "QA/BETA" and > > -RELEASE is what most folks would think of as "stable". So, why > > don't we name them like that? I wouldn't have a problem with > > -DEVEL, -BETA, -RELEASE, and perhaps putting -STABLE on the new > > RELENG_X_Y branch. >=20 > I think that would clear up a lot of the confusion. It's kind of hard to > accept that -STABLE doesn't necessarily mean "stable" (currently), if you > see what I mean ;-). I've rewritten section 19.2.2.1 and 19.2.2.2 at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.= html Do people think this gets the point across any better? N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --dDnEQgWzhgf+8aPe 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 iEYEARECAAYFAjs5EFIACgkQk6gHZCw343WnxwCggigt/NZZoMJ+s+V8UOcZW3dI C3QAoIDl9QgBj5QBlSIho6JfE5cSrrPf =08z8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDnEQgWzhgf+8aPe-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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