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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:26 -0700
From:      Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule...
Message-ID:  <200809221207.26824.fjwcash@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080920044148.GA60230@in-addr.com>
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On September 19, 2008 09:41 pm Gary Palmer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 07:38:32PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote:
> >  Without input from the current release team extending the support
> > schedule is not possible.
>
> Inquiry - is release team the constraint?
>
> Or to put it another way, what to you is "support" in terms of
> FreeBSD releases?
>
> As far as I am aware, if you stick on a RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE tag

RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE never changes.  That tag gives you the same bits that 
are on the FreeBSD X.Y.Z install CD.

RELENG_X_Y is the security branch for FreeBSD X.Y.  This branch gets the 
security updates, and the occasional major bug fix.

RELENG_X is the -STABLE development branch for FreeBSD X.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com



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