From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 10 19:21:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160DC1065670 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:21:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B461D8FC17 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muji2.config (93.97.24.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.133) id 4E0B22C100813C80 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:21:41 +0100 Message-ID: <4E19FBC5.8040805@onetel.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:21:41 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100924 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1310269783.14697.12.camel@asus> <20110710090209.6e19ba0d@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110710090209.6e19ba0d@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Portupgrade Package Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:21:43 -0000 On 10/07/2011 14:02, Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:35:28 -0400 > b. f. articulated: > >> This is the tag that you would use on src collections to update your >> base system sources (usually in /usr/src) to 8-STABLE. You would use >> RELENG_8_2 for the 8.2-STABLE security branch, RELENG_8_2_RELEASE for >> 8.2-RELEASE, and so on. > > Reading through the archives, several years worth, it appears that this > is one of the most frequently asked questions. Many users, both new > (obviously) and some not so new get confused as to what is the proper > tag to use for each branch; ie "Stable" "Current", etc.Maybe there > should be some way to make it easier to understand. For example: I was one of them until I discovered that googling "FreeBSD tags" leads straight to http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/cvs-tags.html Eg RELENG_8 The line of development for FreeBSD-8.X, also known as FreeBSD 8-STABLE RELENG_8_2 The release branch for FreeBSD-8.2, used only for security advisories and other critical fixes. ... RELENG_8_2_0_RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2 Release Chris > > 8.2-RELEASE: original release of code sans any updates, etc. > > 8.2-STABLE: released version plus security updates > > 8.2-CURRENT: All updates, security& otherwise to the original version > > ?-CURRENT: The absolute latest release of FreeBSD irregardless of what > version it is. > > Anyway, it is just a suggestion. In any case I think it might be easier > for some to comprehend. Anything that eliminates confusion is a plus. >