Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:44:23 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD sources from svn repos Message-ID: <4B5DCA67.4010200@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20100125163257.00b60420@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <b10011eb1001250751j4d20b50eh940408d2c46412ea@mail.gmail.com> <20100125163257.00b60420@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:51:26 +0000 > Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> I am confused about FreeBSD versions maintained in svn repos >> >> 1. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/8.0/ >> 2. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/release/8.0.0/ >> 3. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/ >> >> (2) is easy, most probably it means stable > > Rather than the one that has "stable" in the url? > >> how about (1) and (2) > > The obvious interpretation is that 3 is stable, 2 is the release, and > 1 is the RELENG_8_0 security branch. But to the initiate :-), remember that the terms can be confusing. A RELEASE is extremely "stable" in terms of operation, most usually, per our reputation (and will never be changed again). The RELENG tag means that only security fixes, etc. are added to the code, and the -STABLE tag refers to the fact that the API isn't going to change in any substantial way without developer's heads rolling, most likely, but stuff is Merged-from-Current (or wherever) fairly continually, and, as such, is occasionally susceptible to hiccups. Kevin Kinsey
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