Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 01:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33806: stable supfile get you release, should get stable Message-ID: <200201120940.g0C9e2E76879@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33806; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> To: ji overholt <overholt@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/33806: stable supfile get you release, should get stable Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 01:36:22 -0800 On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:32:56 -0800 (PST) ji overholt <overholt@cisco.com> wrote: > >Description: > both the stable and standard supfiles get RELENG_4 > that's ok for the standard file, > but should the stable file get you 4.X.stable? The supfiles are correct. Standard-supfile gets you the latest sources in the -CURRENT branch(which is the development branch). Stable-supfile gets you the latest -STABLE sources (which currently is 4.x). The releases are simply "snapshots" of the stable branch. That is to say, the stable branch code goes into code-freeze a couple of months before a realease is due, and only important changes and bug fixes are commited to the -stable branch. During this time various realease candidates (RC) are also released for testing. You just happened to cvsup when we are getting ready to come out with a new release in the -stable branch. Cheers, mike makonnen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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