Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:17:18 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: release cycle Message-ID: <20070604221718.GB29472@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0706041317g1d79ee3fi75bf8cea785983e3@mail.gmail.com> 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> <20070602140244.0cf05a93@localhost> <20070602163357.GA3471@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0706041317g1d79ee3fi75bf8cea785983e3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:17:17PM +0100, Chris wrote: > On 02/06/07, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > >On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 02:02:44PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote: > >> Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > On 29/05/07, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > >> > > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:17:57PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> > > > Agreed. 6.3-RELEASE would nominally be due around July but the > >lack > >> > > > of any schedule on http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ suggests that it > >will > >> > > > be later than that. The plans to start the 7.0-RELEASE cycle will > >also > >> > > > impact this. > >> > > > >> > > At BSDCan, Ken Smith mentioned that 7.0 is due to be branched in > >July and > >> > > released in Aug/Sep, with 6.3 quickly following (perhaps even > >overlapping > >> > > so as to reuse the same ports freeze). > >> > > > >> > > The ports tree is not even close to stable enough to release right > >now. > >> > >> > Given that Kris repeatedly tells me and others that the ports system > >> > is only supported on the latest freebsd release (meaning one has to be > >> > upgrading freebsd on their servers every few months to get this > >> > support) if 7.0 and 6.3 are released around the same time will the > >> > ports tree be supported on both? > >> > >> I believe you misunderstood something. Where do you think Kris said that? > > > >Yep, looks like he's confused again. I hope it's not a terminal > >condition. > > > >Kris > > > > > > > > > > Please repeat what you told me when I asked why a variable I had to > set on 6.1 machines wasnt put in UPDATING. Quoting from http://www.freebsd.org/ports/: -- The Ports Collection supports the latest release on the FreeBSD-CURRENT and FreeBSD-STABLE branches. -- i.e. just because 7.0 is released starting a new -STABLE branch does not mean that the other -STABLE branches lose support. Kris
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