Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:08:12 -0500 From: Michael DeMutis <maillist@2gen.net> To: Ken Bolingbroke <freebsd@bolingbroke.com>, Mars Attack <marsattack@cannoncreek.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.1.1-Stable Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20001107230812.03c7c1e0@tristo.netinc.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011030010280.50896-100000@fremont.bolingbro ke.com> References: <00a701c04552$d5b7c800$4500a8c0@nomad>
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Yikes, I'm lost. I had always thought that the RELENG_4 tag was always going to carry the 4.x-STABLE name. And that the BETA was really 4.x-CURRENT ? What happened to CURRENT or has it been done away with? -mike At 12:27 AM 03/11/00 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > > >On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Mars Attack wrote: > >> sorry, folks if it cost you some time, i did not believe that: >> 4.2-BETA = 4.1.1-STABLE >> the name implies that its still in BETA stage and not STABLE as -STABLE >> is... >> i may have missed some things while upgrading to a later -Stable that's why >> it seemed buggy > >You may be thinking of a "beta" in the sense of something that comes from >a certain company in Redmond. They throw in lots of new things, then ship >it out to their customers for testing, and call that a beta (and sometimes >even a release). > >FreeBSD doesn't work that way. The -STABLE branches are in constant >development, a moving stream with things being fixed and improved >everyday. At a certain point along this stream, the stream is renamed >from 4.1.1-STABLE to 4.2-BETA. There hasn't been any major changes in the >stream of development, it's just that the core developers decided that >things were at the point for a new release. So right now we're in the >lockdown period where new things won't be added while what we have now is >tested and ensured to be running well. In fact, for that very reason, >4.2-BETA will be more stable than 4.1.1-STABLE, because things aren't >changing so much right now. > >When 4.2-BETA is judged to be worthy of -RELEASE status, the stream will >be renamed 4.2-RELEASE and that release will be set in stone forever. But >the stream will continue moving on as 4.2-STABLE. > >Forget the terminology you learned in the rest of the world. Around here >4.2-BETA == (4.1.1-STABLE + bugfixes). > >At least that's my take on it. If I got anything wrong, I'm sure someone >will correct me... > >Ken > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael DeMutis System's Administrator || 2Gen.Inc. 143 James Street South, Suite 300, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P 3A1 email: mike@2gen.net website: http://www.2gen.net/ Phone: 905-308-9155 Fax: 905-308-9519 ICQ UIN: 1257176 "Merging Media & Idea To Bring Internet Exposure to Innovative Businesses" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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