From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Nov 7 20: 4:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.2gen.net (mail.2gen.net [209.240.46.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D5F37B479 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:04:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from demutis.2gen.net (demutis.2gen.net [209.240.46.189]) by mail.2gen.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eA845PY24812; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 23:05:25 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.2gen.net: demutis.2gen.net [209.240.46.189] didn't use HELO protocol Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20001107230812.03c7c1e0@tristo.netinc.ca> X-Sender: maillist@tristo.netinc.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:08:12 -0500 To: Ken Bolingbroke , Mars Attack From: Michael DeMutis Subject: Re: 4.1.1-Stable Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <00a701c04552$d5b7c800$4500a8c0@nomad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yikes, I'm lost. I had always thought that the RELENG_4 tag was always going to carry the 4.x-STABLE name. And that the BETA was really 4.x-CURRENT ? What happened to CURRENT or has it been done away with? -mike At 12:27 AM 03/11/00 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > > >On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Mars Attack wrote: > >> sorry, folks if it cost you some time, i did not believe that: >> 4.2-BETA = 4.1.1-STABLE >> the name implies that its still in BETA stage and not STABLE as -STABLE >> is... >> i may have missed some things while upgrading to a later -Stable that's why >> it seemed buggy > >You may be thinking of a "beta" in the sense of something that comes from >a certain company in Redmond. They throw in lots of new things, then ship >it out to their customers for testing, and call that a beta (and sometimes >even a release). > >FreeBSD doesn't work that way. The -STABLE branches are in constant >development, a moving stream with things being fixed and improved >everyday. At a certain point along this stream, the stream is renamed >from 4.1.1-STABLE to 4.2-BETA. There hasn't been any major changes in the >stream of development, it's just that the core developers decided that >things were at the point for a new release. So right now we're in the >lockdown period where new things won't be added while what we have now is >tested and ensured to be running well. In fact, for that very reason, >4.2-BETA will be more stable than 4.1.1-STABLE, because things aren't >changing so much right now. > >When 4.2-BETA is judged to be worthy of -RELEASE status, the stream will >be renamed 4.2-RELEASE and that release will be set in stone forever. But >the stream will continue moving on as 4.2-STABLE. > >Forget the terminology you learned in the rest of the world. Around here >4.2-BETA == (4.1.1-STABLE + bugfixes). > >At least that's my take on it. If I got anything wrong, I'm sure someone >will correct me... > >Ken > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael DeMutis System's Administrator || 2Gen.Inc. 143 James Street South, Suite 300, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P 3A1 email: mike@2gen.net website: http://www.2gen.net/ Phone: 905-308-9155 Fax: 905-308-9519 ICQ UIN: 1257176 "Merging Media & Idea To Bring Internet Exposure to Innovative Businesses" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message