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Date:      Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:09:58 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com>
Cc:        fbsd_chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [_fbsd_chat_] why the different eol lengths ? [ was: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 7.2 EoL coming soon ]
Message-ID:  <864ohc52bd.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <4C0E7626.3090807@emailrob.com> (spellberg robert's message of "Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:56:06 %2B0100")
References:  <4C0A67E7.3080405@freebsd.org> <4C0E5712.2000606@emailrob.com> <86eigho2m2.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4C0E7626.3090807@emailrob.com>

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spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com> writes:
>   do fbsd project_people consider the right_most digit[s] to be
>   a "minor_version number",
>   a "patch_level" or
>   something_else ?

A minor version number.  The complete nomenclature for a release is
<major>.<minor>-RELEASE[-p<patch>], where the last part is omitted until
a patch is actually applied.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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