Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:09:39 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: TM4526@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: difference between releases Message-ID: <20041108130939.GA24926@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <e0.5efa764.2ec0c6eb@aol.com> References: <e0.5efa764.2ec0c6eb@aol.com>
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On 2004-11-08 07:56, TM4526@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, > keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes: > >Releases are fixed points in time. They are marked on their > >respective branch of development and that's it. A x.y-RELEASE > >version is effectively a symbolic name for a specific moment in > >time. > > Wow, thats what a "snapshot" used to be. How discouraging. The semantic difference of a RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE tag vs. a RELENG_X branch is what I explained. If you want to call it a "snapshot", then a snapshot it is. A lot more work than just a tagging is being put in every release than you seem to imply though. I see nothing discouraging about it.
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