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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:26:52 -0700
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, "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:  <20010627132652.A13576@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010626234435.H461@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:44:36PM %2B0100
References:  <20010626140650.B9911@freeway.dcfinc.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106270929340.6316-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> <20010626234435.H461@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:44:36PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> 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.
>> 
>> 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?

Yes.

	-crl
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