From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 26 08:10:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA15522 for stable-outgoing; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp20.portal.net.au [202.12.71.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA15512 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA00391; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:39:06 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199708261509.AAA00391@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Chris Shenton cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2-STABLE In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:00:51 -0400." <199708261400.OAA16902@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:39:04 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:45:14 -0700 > David Greenman wrote: > > dg> No, that is not what -stable is. The current head of each major > dg> branch that releases are cut from (e.g. 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and > dg> eventually 3.0.x) are refered to as "-stable" after the first > dg> release is cut. The designation -stable means "more stable than > dg> the most recent release on this branch". > > So would it be useful to create a CVSup target called "STABLE" or > "STABLE_2_2" instead of "RELENG_2_2"? No. RELENG_2_2 is the CVS branch tag which was peeled off -current to form the 2.2 branch; it is the tag from which all the 2.2.* releases will be derived. This is what happens when you let users that are used to being kept in the dark into contact with the development environment. The net result is generally beneficial, but the learning process can be painful. 8) mike