From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 11:43:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7861416A4BF for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A0C43FCB for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:43:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7QIfZcc020443 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:43:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h7QIfZ3A020442; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:41:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:41:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20030826184135.GC16046@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Bill Moran , questions@freebsd.org References: <3F4B83B0.5020807@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="32u276st3Jlj2kUU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F4B83B0.5020807@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does the RELENG_4_8_BP represent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:43:47 -0000 --32u276st3Jlj2kUU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:58:40AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > I'm familiar with -STABLE, -RELEASE, -CURRENT and the > various RELENG_x_x branches, but I'm not familiar with > the RELENG_x_x_BP branch. >=20 > What is the purpose of this? I couldn't find anything in > the handbook on it. It's not a branch, per se, but just a tag. All it does is mark the state of the source code at the point that the RELENG_x_y branch was created. Handy if you want to see what has changed along one of the security branches since the original release. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --32u276st3Jlj2kUU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/S6nfdtESqEQa7a0RAvbaAKCTWE7FL0zRrGXa192qMUgecKdvLACdH24s Zd7d2/XPEcsWuhlCJS9yBig= =3O61 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --32u276st3Jlj2kUU--