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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:49:30 +0100
From:      Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: stable vs. beta
Message-ID:  <20001110114930.C10883@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20001110113801.B17654@bs11.bsag.ch>; from roth@bsag.ch on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 11:38:01AM %2B0100
References:  <20001109212030.B408@bs11.bsag.ch> <20001109125616.A38331@lucifer.techometer.net> <20001110113801.B17654@bs11.bsag.ch>

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On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 11:38:01AM +0100, Hanspeter Roth Bsag wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 12:56:16PM -0800, Erick Mechler wrote:
> 
> > RELENG_4 branch.  Thus, 4.2-BETA can be thought of as 4.1.1-STABLE
> > plus (bug fixes going into 4.2) + (new features for 4.2).  Don't be
> 
> Thus if I'm looking for as meny bug fixes but as few new features
> as possible is there something like tag=RELENG_4_1_1_STABLE?

There is no such thing if you use cvs/cvsup. The only recourse you have is
to appy manually any patches that come out (But this happens only with
security advisories.) Otherwise, either you get everything or you get
nothing.
  
BTW this "I just want bugfixes but nothing new in case it breaks" argument
has been beaten to death in this and other lists in the past, just look in 
the archives. Not to flame here, but I know of *no* computer software where
you just get fixes but no new bugs get introduced, ever. The only
possibility to stay static and free of new bugs is to, uhm, not upgrade.
 
> Is tag=RELENG_4_1_1_RELEASE exactly 4.1.1-RELEASE or does it also contain
> some additional bug fixes?

It is just 4.1.1-RELEASE just as you have found it on the ftp site. -RELEASE
is just a point in time, not a branch of development.

-- 
Regards:

Szilveszter ADAM
Szeged University
Szeged Hungary


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