Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 15:07:55 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: paul@freebsd.org Cc: pete@sms.fi (Petri Helenius), current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which SUP files are available and where ? Message-ID: <199509162207.PAA01126@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Sep 95 16:49:58 BST." <199509161549.QAA02952@server.netcraft.co.uk>
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>In reply to Petri Helenius who said >> >> David Greenman writes: >> > > >> > > Ok, if this is the general consensus, when will 2.1 be available? >> > >> > "Soon". It's looking very good indeed. >> > >> > -DG >> >> Will there be 2.2-STABLE and 2.3-CURRENT after the 2.1-RELEASE happens? >> I'm for this because I see it very valuable to have two branches of code >> in addition to releases. -STABLE has proven it's right to exist, IMO. >> > >Me too. I know it's more work for David (or someone anyway) but it allows >bug smashing to be done over a longer period and also, I'm running some >critical machines now and the sig 11 problem would have floored me but I'm >happy to run -stable branches and put up with occasional glitches. It means >we can run the next potential release in real environemnts for longer >periods than we have in the past. I generally like the idea of having the -stable branch, but as the one who has been maintaining it for about 3 months now, I can say that it is a *lot* of work and has resulted in me spending all of my energy on it. I haven't had any time to do development of my own and I can say that I'll eventually get burnt out if this becomes my singular job. SO: 2.1-stable will have a life that will live beyond the 2.1 release. It will continue to be the "stable" branch until we near the release date of 2.2 (say 6 weeks before the 2.2 release target), or in other words, 2.2-stable will come into existence as soon as we switch new development to 2.3 (i.e. 2.3 becomes the 'HEAD'). I really don't expect much to happen with the 2.1-stable source after the release is made (barring unforeseen critical bugfixes). I'll let other people figure out what we're going to call the SUP targets. -DG
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