Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:38:47 +0000 From: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <01022721384701.00371@siamese.local>
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Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > 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). Slight mis-phrase...I meant when will 5-STABLE appear? > 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. Aha, thanks. Next stupid question - what exactly does RELENG stand for? -- C-YA Jon <http://www.witchspace.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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