Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 02:34:08 -0300 From: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> To: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding The FreeBSD Version Labels [RFC] Message-ID: <44617B50.1060301@greenmeadow.ca> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0605091917l2e950c66i756d1e96064a7b7e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4461329E.5030507@greenmeadow.ca> <ef10de9a0605091917l2e950c66i756d1e96064a7b7e@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 5/9/06, Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've written an article trying to explain the FreeBSD version labels, >> CURRENT, STABLE, and RELEASE. This article, of course, is >> aimed at newcomers to FreeBSD. >> >> The article is here >> http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases >> >> For anyone who can time find to read it I would appreciate any >> comments, feedback. constructive criticism, etc. >> > > "Branch tag for FreeBSD 6.0 > RELENG_6_0 > So, FreeBSD 6.0 was officially released. At the time this happened it > was decided, after > a lot of testing and other quality control procedures, that the code > in 6-STABLE should > be turned into a release. But since FreeBSD is a very complex piece > of software it is > inevitable that eventually a security issue would need to be addressed > or some other > critical issue would need to be fixed. That is what this branch of > development is for. > It used as the spot in the source archive for only critical fixes and > items which address > security issues. This model ensures that officially released FreeBSD > versions contain > only the most reliable of code while still having bugs and security > issues fixed." > > What about errata fix branches, they are not limited to just critical > and security fixes? > > Also update the doc, change 6.0 to 6.1. > > > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Hi Nikolas, Thanks for all the feedback and for taking the time to do so. I have made extensive changes to this article. For any interested parties it can still be viewed at http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases Sincerely, Duane Whitty -- duane@greenmeadow.ca or duane@dwlabs.ca
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