Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 16:38:01 +1000 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: Nate Dannenberg <natedac@kscable.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsupped to RELENG_4 but got 4.3-RC Message-ID: <3ACD6449.4DF7D0F1@quake.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104060033400.2632-100000@daconcepts.dyndns.org>
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Thats a good answer, but the simple version is this: Basicaly RELEASE is a snapshot of the stable branch that is going to be distributed via the CD-Rom sets, Its still part of stable! The RC means the code as been frozen and only bug fixes etc will be allowed in... Really once we get it RC its the stablest of the stable branch at the current time... So in other words you got what you wanted :) Nate Dannenberg wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Brian D. Woodruff wrote: > > > Hi gang - > > > > I quickly learned that RC is for Release Candidate, which would inticate to > > me that it's somewhere between CURRENT and RELEASE, but nowhere near STABLE!! > > Actually, you got just what you wanted. See below: > > > 1.) is there a way to specify 4.2-STABLE, which is what I have been using? > > You specify it by using the RELENG_4 tag as you just did. > > The way I've learned it is like this: > > Every time you fetch the source code via CVSup, you are getting the latest > developments and code adjustments in the branch you are fetching. In your > case (and the rest of us on this mailing list I hope), that's the 4-STABLE > branch, and it's probably as stable as you can get while staying more or > less close to the leading edge. > > The 4-STABLE branch is the working name for the branch of code considered > to be, you guessed it, stable. Conversely, the -CURRENT branch might be > anything but stable on any given day. You could think of it as a "wide > alpha" for FreeBSD v5.0. > > That -STABLE branch is the code base used to create the different > -RELEASE, -BETA, and -RC stages that you've discovered. Each is pretty > much a timed snapshot of the -STABLE branch, taken at various times. > > The -BETA and -RC stages are indicators of how close we are to the next > minor version (4.3 versus 4.2), and are generally taken several weeks > prior to release time. The last -RC stage (-RC2 this time, I believe) > lasts for two or three weeks, and if all is well, is snapshotted and named > 4.3-RELEASE (this is what you get from a binary-only CD or FTP install). > > I guess the 4-STABLE branch will always be 4-STABLE (regardless of the > minor version number or the current snapshot's name) until it merges with > (or is replaced by) 5-CURRENT. At that point, it would probably be > renamed to 5-STABLE, and 6-CURRENT will probably be started as a separate > branch. > > I'm sure someone will correct me where I've messed this description up ;) > > > 2.) is this a mistake? If so, when will it be corrected? > > Nope, and probably never, since it ain't broke ;) > > -- > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~___~~~~~\ > | natedac@kscable.com //Z@|___ | > | http://home.kscable.com/natedac |'(__ [_< | > \_C64/C128_-_What's_*YOUR*_hobby?__\___|____/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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