From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 22:33:03 2010 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 78834106564A for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nekoexmachina@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066408FC0C for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:33:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyb7 with SMTP id 7so5600404eyb.13 for ; Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:33:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=n46A5Ko8BkMyCr+IIOtDO+45uGURW9PKap5hHEh8H+o=; b=b0aTtvI+7+G6l/MSAAjXNgfog9Z/Aaj0LVFO8wS2aLSEi/b3O0dxHixIMkJ/gh+C3R g2Bv1LwfjnsU2BbqXljVRiDGadQH5cJhwhnmORm/UAgosRr0RCYPStx6WtrRH8i/ukSK 47IcdCtXgB09KjH1iPYfsPIir8keSxYTmy2PE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=ePxQLqo21/cDfrK5LgTGPVhnmu7JoIMAFn/xr7/imtgYNKOAxtID4OVaDwbk1wpkJH I7XM5VTEED6/1Espjl9Da2at0ZZ8RILyzEiXEsrK6/gGjCD/CYdJKQEfLBw2zYVTk794 WEVCf+qwG+ZN1uPSGYma9GLitw1QHauOCJjjg= Received: by 10.213.34.77 with SMTP id k13mr1418145ebd.84.1291415581885; Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([188.134.12.208]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w20sm1952509eeh.6.2010.12.03.14.32.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:33:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:32:50 +0300 From: Mikle Krutov To: J B Message-ID: <20101203223250.GA80668@takino.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE 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: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:33:03 -0000 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) -- Old mercenaries never die. They go to hell and regroup. With best regards, Mikle Krutov, Bercut ltd. Technical Support department