From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 17:52:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3FA16A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:52:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED9A43D60 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:52:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) id j2THqPVR013340; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:52:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)j2THqNCl029494; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:52:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20050328231825.K52981@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> References: <3aaaa3a0503271958205ca8e1@mail.gmail.com> <4248BBB8.3090405@pacific.net.sg> <20050328231825.K52981@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <7962bb4e13837c894301545d628215f6@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:52:22 -0500 To: Andre Guibert de Bruet X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd naming of releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:52:28 -0000 On Mar 28, 2005, at 11:44 PM, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >> I know that there is some explanation for the terms at the site but >> why should terms be used which need an extra eplanation? > > I find that the terms "alpha", "beta" and "production" do not quite > fit the FreeBSD development paradigm. (Is RELENG_5 beta or > production?) It's beta. -CURRENT (or RELENG_6) is alpha, and production is now at RELENG_5_3 and/or RELENG_4_11. During the release cycle, RELENG_5 will be frozen and tagged, and for a brief time will have the same contents as the newly created RELENG_5_4 branch (call it "gamma" or "production"), but after the release is out and RELENG_5 is unfrozen, it will go back to being "beta". -- -Chuck