From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 21:21:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1022016A41F for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B682013C44C for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:21:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 4561 invoked by uid 399); 4 Jun 2007 20:55:03 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Jun 2007 20:55:03 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <46647C25.80307@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:55:01 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070525) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris References: <465BF62B.6090904@vwsoft.com> <20070529102929.GA49322@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20070529111757.GE70055@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20070529182224.GD8255@soaustin.net> <3aaaa3a0706020045v1ce69a7bsec4a8dced2a99fe1@mail.gmail.com> <3aaaa3a0706041315q9e527b7n886dd73997cc5ac5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0706041315q9e527b7n886dd73997cc5ac5@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: release cycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:21:44 -0000 Chris wrote: > So my question remains when we have 7.0 and 6.3 both STABLE releases > will the ports tree not be supported in 6.3 a just released version of > FreeBSD? I can't help but get the impression that you're spoiling for a fight here, so let me ask you to take step 1, which is relax a little. You are focusing on released version numbers when you ask about ports support, and we generally focus on release branches. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html for more information about that. We will be supporting ports for RELENG_5 and _6, and RELENG_7 after it's created from what is now HEAD. Where I think the confusion is coming in is in regards to support for a specific version number that is older than the latest version in that branch. For example, support for 6.1 which is an older release on the RELENG_6 branch. We do our best to provide ports support for older versions on currently supported branches, but it's not always possible to do so. You can search the archives of the ports list for information on why just supporting 3 active branches (which will be 4 after RELENG_7 is branched) for over 16,000 ports is a pretty massive undertaking. I hope this makes the situation more clear. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection