Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:32:50 +0300 From: Mikle Krutov <nekoexmachina@gmail.com> To: J B <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE Message-ID: <20101203223250.GA80668@takino.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim1_-zNc9%2BxZXJv=W9oYO0EAt6155NZaHfYFB8U@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTim1_-zNc9%2BxZXJv=W9oYO0EAt6155NZaHfYFB8U@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:42:09PM +0100, J B wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have:
> $ uname -r
> 8.1-RELEASE
> installed.
>
> I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in time),
> and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev branch followed CURRENT.
> But I have difficulty placing them in a dev and respository tree.
>
> For example, in my case, can I describe it as below
> 8.1-RELEASE -> 8.2-CURRENT -> 8.2-STABLE -> 8.2-RCn -> 8.2-RELEASE
> and the cycle repeats ?
Hm. I always thought that it was like
x.y-RELEASE -> x.y-STABLE -> x.y+1-RCn -> x.y+1-RELEASE
^--------------------------------x+1-CURRENT
(some changes from current go to stable)
--
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With best regards, Mikle Krutov, Bercut ltd. Technical Support department
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