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Date:      Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:28:51 +0000
From:      RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to track 6.0 increments ?
Message-ID:  <200512051528.53138.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
In-Reply-To: <200512051056.33305.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>
References:  <43932546.4090904@redstarling.com> <200512051056.33305.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>

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On Monday 05 December 2005 10:56, Ashley Moran wrote:
> On Sunday 04 December 2005 17:20, ke.han wrote:
> > I don't want to follow current or stable (I don't think). =A0I just want
> > security fixes and other changes that might be termed 6.01 if there were
> > such a thing.
>
> I've always wondered this.  Is there a reason why the FreeBSD team put
> security updates into a branch rather than a 6_0_x release tag?

If you are asking why they don't use a different tag for each point release=
,=20
then I think the answer is that it would require you to know precisely what=
=20
the latest release is and edit the cvsup file each time. With RELENG_6_0 yo=
u=20
get the latest point release automatically.

Incidently in 6.0.x, x is not the point release number, it's a number that'=
s=20
only rarely used. The 5.2 release had some substantial fixes, and the FreeB=
SD=20
version was bumped up to 5.2.1, though the tag was still  RELENG_5_2.



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