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Date:      Thu, 02 May 2002 14:28:33 -0700
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Difference between RELENG_* and RELENG_*_BP 
Message-ID:  <200205022128.g42LSXjr072995@intruder.bmah.org>
In-Reply-To: <3CD1ACD6.5B2432DF@mindspring.com> 
References:  <200205022047.g42Klxb84582@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3CD1ACD6.5B2432DF@mindspring.com>

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If memory serves me right, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Dave Hayes wrote:
> > What does the _BP extension mean on the RELENG tags?
> 
> Branch Point.
> 
> It means the code has been branched,

Yes.

> either for a code slush,
> or for other work that may not make it back in until it's
> complete, which might take a while.

Nope.  The original poster asked about RELENG_* branches; they aren't 
used that way, which I'm sure you know.

Anyone wanting more information about how we *really* use the RELENG_* 
branches should take a read through Murray Stokely's release 
engineering article:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html

Bruce.



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