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Subject: Re: how to track 6.0 increments ?
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Ashley Moran <ashley.moran@codeweavers.net> writes:

> 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.
>=20
> I've always wondered this.  Is there a reason why the FreeBSD team put=20
> security updates into a branch rather than a 6_0_x release tag?

It's more convenient for the RE folks, usually more convenient for
end-users, and uses fewer resources in propagating the repository
changes.

--=20
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/