Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:58:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releases Message-ID: <200104091358.JAA13889@sjt-u10.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <030e01c0c0fb$52b2fcc0$340410ac@JRAFTERY> from "James Raftery" at Apr 09, 2001 02:45:22 PM
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+--- James Raftery wrote: | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Hays, Sam" <SGHays@PatioEnclosuresInc.com> | To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> | Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:33 PM | Subject: Releases | | | > Is there a quick way to tell what the current tree is when I do a | cvsup w/ | > RELENG_4? I thought that it was always 4.x-STABLE (not | > this release candidate stuff). | | Argh! RELENG_4 is *always* 4-STABLE. An RC is a particularly "stable" | phase of 4-STABLE development because it's subject to a code-freeze and | is about to become a -RELEASE. | | This exact thread was played out *all* weekend. How could you not see | it? | To be honest, FreeBSD's definition of BETA or RELEASE CANDIDATE is contrary to common understanding of the terms. BETA or RC implies new code that is currently in the testing phase (well RC implies that it is almost ready for release, but it still hasn't been proven as ready). Actually, maybe they should try it the other way around. There are commits to the STABLE stream, and when the STABLE stream is solid enough, it is released. STABLE sounds to me like it should be called BETA! my $0.02 (Canadian) -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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