From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 13:28:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A02716A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:28:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lists.freedombi.com (joshuadiedrich.com [207.179.98.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E620C43D53 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:28:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles@idealso.com) Received: by lists.freedombi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4BE2572825; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from freedombi.com (localhost [192.168.10.108]) by lists.freedombi.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C2BB72495; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 24.11.146.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user charles) by freedombi.com with HTTP; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <33774.24.11.146.21.1093267726.squirrel@freedombi.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20040823045620.GG15251@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" To: "Pete French" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on freedombi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00,PRIORITY_NO_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 cc: kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:28:56 -0000 Pete French said: >> still considered stable. After the 5.3 release it is expected >> 5.X will become stable. At that point I'm not sure what to call > > Is that the point at which this list becomes the correct place to ask > questions about 5.X on as opposed to current ? One way to know without keeping track of the details of release engineering is to just bear in mind that the day on which the first 5.x-STABLE release is announced on the freebsd.org webpage is also the day that this list becomes appropriate for 5.x questions. I figure that's a pretty safe indicator. -- Charles Ulrich System Administrator Ideal Solution - http://www.idealso.com