Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:36:53 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Jamin A. Brown" <jamin@gwi.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's *really* up with RELENG_4_6 Message-ID: <20020829093653.B351@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.44.0208291135320.12390-100000@dargo.gwi.net>; from jamin@gwi.net on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:43:53AM -0400 References: <Pine.BSI.4.44.0208291135320.12390-100000@dargo.gwi.net>
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--neYutvxvOLaeuPCA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:43:53AM -0400, Jamin A. Brown wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I'm a bit confused about RELENG_4_6's UPDATING file and uname information: >=20 > 20020814: > FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE. >=20 > 20020813: p11 > Bounds checking errors in accept(), getsockname(), > getpeername(), and a VESA ioctl() command were corrected. >=20 > <snip rest> >=20 > FreeBSD darkness.gwi 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Aug 27 > 08:42:03 EDT 2002 jamin@darkness.gwi:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DARKNESS > i386 >=20 >=20 > Now, I was under the impression that RELENG_4_* branches were to contain > only bug fixes since RELEASE. However, 4.6.2 and 4.6.1, both of which have > showed up in RELENG_4_6, contain new features. >=20 > The question is, is RELENG_4_6 *really* getting us 4.6.2-RELEASE right > now, with all the new features as well as bug fixes? Or is it just named > incorrectly? If the latter, could the naming convention for this > situations be reverted back to 4.6-RELEASE-p## to prevent this type of > confusion? 4.6.2 is a snapshot of the RELENG_4_6 branch. It contains security fixes and bug fixes that were considered critical. In this case that largly means upgraded SSH, SSL, and ATA bug fixes. 4.6.2 is ONLY on RELNG_4_6. RELENG_4 never was 4.6.2 and never will be. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --neYutvxvOLaeuPCA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9bk2kXY6L6fI4GtQRAqzcAJ9grImWnqR1nrBEWQMXVCrBP89BuQCcD6Eo 5quD0LJchlcP9h+YtEnXGvc= =3ShJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --neYutvxvOLaeuPCA-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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