Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 17:36:00 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970407172653.10264J-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199704070643.XAA25872@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Darren Reed wrote: > it begs the question: if we're changing 2.2 after 2.2-RELEASE is made, > what does 2.2-RELEASE mean if my 2.2-RELEASE is different to yours ? > > Does-RELEASE have any meaning any more ? > > Should all FreeBSD just be a series of SNAPSHOTs ? My feeling is that a RELEASE should be immutable, but a differences binary package should be produced as an update pack. This would save people from having to download 90 MB or more for each upgrade. I have produced a 2.2->2.2.1 binary upgrade package which is 7 MB - much more palatable for people to download. Danny
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