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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:39:58 -0500
From:      Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?!
Message-ID:  <20060910183958.GA35701@FS.denninger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060910183631.GA6406@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:36:31PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 01:13:31PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 03:21:33PM +0000, Patrick J Okui wrote:
> > > On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Karl Denninger wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > > >Once the -RELEASE branch is taken, code updates there <STOP>.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I take it you haven't read the text in the handbook that has been 
> > > linked to by a few posters.
> > > 
> > > You can track changes to a particular release - say by using 
> > > RELENG_6_1 rather than RELENG_6. In which case, would you still 
> > > say you are tracking STABLE?
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > If I track RELENG_6 (once 6.0-RELEASE has gone out) then I'm by definition
> > tracking -STABLE.
> > 
> > Indeed, the current tag on my CVS tree is TRELENG_6!
> 
> Not the question he asked, please re-read.
> 
> Kris

Yes it is, in the general case; in any event if you track RELENG_6_1 you will
get no bug fixes in general - security related items to filter back down but
in general bug reports posted against a -RELEASE are, if addressed, put into
-STABLE.

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