Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:13:21 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "David E. Tweten" <tweten@frihet.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Message-ID: <199703180013.RAA09122@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:45:05 PST." <199703172045.MAA01873@ns.frihet.com> References: <199703172045.MAA01873@ns.frihet.com>
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In message <199703172045.MAA01873@ns.frihet.com> "David E. Tweten" writes: : My suggestions would be "stable," "current," and "experimental." As I : understand things, nothing short of a CERT advisory should cause a future : change to the 2.1 line. That sounds stable to me. The 2.2 line is, and will : continue to be the source of "current" releases for some time. The 3.0 line : is unlikely to have any releases until it's time to shift 2.1 into oblivion, : shift 2.2 into stable, and issue the first 3.0 release in the line. It also : makes sense for there to be three e-mail lists, maybe (possibly renamed) : versions of "stable," "current," and "hackers?" Ummm, How about stagnant, stable and current? -stable was originally chosen as the name because things were getting just too unstable in -current and it was supposed to represent a reliable, safe version to run. Now that 2.2 is out, it should shortly replace the -2.1.x based -stable with a new 2.2 based -stable. -stable doesn't mean unchanging, just "ready for prime time." 2.1.x should be allowed to die quietly once 2.2 has proven its worth. There is nothing magical about the 2.1.x source base, and it has become quite musty over the last two years that 2.2 has been under development. The process of vetting 2.2 will likely take a month or so due to the extensive testing that happened to the 2.2 release before it was released. Warner
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