Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:33:07 +0100 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> To: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <20010227203307.3a2f4c4e.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <01022719292200.00371@siamese.local> References: <01022719292200.00371@siamese.local>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:22 +0000 Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> wrote: JB> In a similar vein - when does 4-STABLE become 5-STABLE? Is it when Never! 4-STABLE will still be around long after 5-STABLE appears just as 3-STABLE is still around today (in the sense of getting commits). JB> The Powers That Be decide that -CURRENT is stable enough to make JB> a -STABLE branch? 5-STABLE (or RELENG_5 in tag terms) will arrive as you describe, and at the same time (or thereabouts) -current will become 6.0. -- WIN-NT - beats paying for it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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