Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:43:07 -0500 From: "Jonathan Slivko" <js43064n@stmail.pace.edu> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net>, Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <200102271643.AA1900675532@stmail.pace.edu>
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John, I'm just taking a shot in the dark here by saying RELENG means Release Engine? or something like that? -- Jonathan M. Slivko ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:38:47 +0000 >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 > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> Global IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network Pager: (917) 388-5304 (24/7) Phone: (212) 663-1109 (6PM-12PM EST) "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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