From owner-freebsd-current Sat Sep 16 20:41:49 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA23221 for current-outgoing; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 20:41:49 -0700 Received: from specgw.spec.co.jp (specgw.spec.co.jp [202.32.13.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA23216 ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 20:41:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (uucp@localhost) by specgw.spec.co.jp (8.6.5/3.3Wb-SPEC) with UUCP id MAA03578; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:25:33 +0900 Received: by tama.spec.co.jp (8.6.12/6.4J.5) id MAA26147; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:35:57 +0900 From: Atsushi Murai Message-Id: <199509170335.MAA26147@tama.spec.co.jp> Subject: Re: Which SUP files are available and where ? To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:35:57 +0900 (JST) Cc: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, paul@FreeBSD.org, pete@sms.fi, davidg@Root.com, current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <21442.811300450@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 16, 95 06:14:10 pm Reply-To: amurai@spec.co.jp X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1306 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > The only problem is that 2.2 may not be very "stable" at the time 2.1 > > is released. We'll have to figure out a strategy for how we do the > > switch over after a release so that people who are relying on -stable > > don't get hosed. > > Well, I don't expect that the "switch will be thrown" quite as neatly > as some here might hope. I'm more inclined to suspect that 2.1 will > be followed by 2.1.1, 2.1.2, etc. 2.2 will be released with its own > experimental enhancements going on point releases of 2.2, etc. > > The only serious question still to be resolved is just when the > "rollover" happens? Does 2.1.x live forever, or does it get abandoned > with 2.2.x is "stable?" Does 2.1 just become 2.3 at some point, > leaving the odd numbered releases as the "stable" ones and the even > numbered ones as "experimental?" When does 2.2.x get abandoned in > favor of 2.4 then? > > In short, we may be digging ourselves a deep hole if we can't decide > just how this is all going to work. > > Jordan > I would like to treat release by "odd" and even number. If we make too much branch, it's hard to truck it ;-) Atsushi. -- Atsushi Murai Internet: amurai@spec.co.jp System Planning and Engineering Co,.Ltd. Voice : +81-33833-5341