Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 01:26:20 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, "joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us" <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>, "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010627012620.B5408@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010627093802.03cf0308@pop.schulte.org>; from christopher@schulte.org on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:41:18AM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106270929340.6316-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> <20010626140650.B9911@freeway.dcfinc.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106270929340.6316-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> <20010626234435.H461@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20010627093802.03cf0308@pop.schulte.org>
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--XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:41:18AM -0500, Christopher Schulte wrote: >=20 > At 11:44 PM 6/26/2001 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > >I've rewritten section 19.2.2.1 and 19.2.2.2 at > > > >=20 > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable= .html > > > >Do people think this gets the point across any better? >=20 > The patch branch (currently RELENG_4_3) should be introduced, perhaps=20 > mentioned here,=20 Not yet. AIUI, the RELENG_4_3 branch is an experiment, and gives us the option of providing security fixes this way. I haven't seen a commitment[1] from the security officer team that they will actually do this. Until that happens I don't think it should be documented. N [1] Not a slur on the fine efforts of the security team. I mean that I haven't seen an e-mail that says "Yes, any security fixes to RELENG_4 will *definitely* be made available on the RELENG_4_3 branch". --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjs5KCsACgkQk6gHZCw343VX4QCcCi1sUSoNpCIJu848pYAij5uh fPUAn15q2sUkD4j7tAJaVnbpzW4wUAHj =lfwm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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