Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:35:21 +0100 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com>, Philip.Payne@uk.uu.net (Philip Payne) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSUP of 4.7 only? Message-ID: <200302211935.21287.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <200302211458.h1LEwXt3005226@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> References: <200302211458.h1LEwXt3005226@himinbjorg.ttsg.com>
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sorry I missed this part of the thread. see my other post too. On Friday 21 February 2003 03:58 pm, Tuc wrote: > > CVS Tag list: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.ht= ml > >=20 > =09So if I read it right: >=20 > =09RELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE - First ever 4.7 release. Oldest and never > updated past that day it was tagged I think so. *Critical* fixes used to go into the release itself, which g= ot=20 confusing and I think that is why the release branches were made. > =09RELENG_4_7 - More current than _RELEASE, but only with critical > updates. yep basically. It results in point releases along the release branch. I= =20 think there are like 15 on the 4.7 brnach now. I can't figure out how ot= =20 tell without upgrading or if there is a way to upgrade to a specific one. > =09RELENG_4 - More current than 4_7, has non critical updates and > tweaks, but doesn't guarantee it being 4_7 branch. yes, see my other post. > =09So there isn't a way to make sure I stay in 4.7, but get all the > fixes, right? That's true. FreeBSD is a fast moving target and to add both features and= bug=20 fixes you have to move on, which is what 4-stable does. =09Personally I'd like to see the release branches have a lot more stabil= ity=20 fixes along with the security fixes. But this could require massive amou= nts=20 of work and there are only so many people and resources to go around. =20 Maintaining the release branches with only security fixes is I'm sure alr= eady=20 a great deal of work, and is a great step in the right direction I believ= e. =09I dunno, maybe it would be possible for only the last release branch t= o get=20 stability fixes along with security fixes. That may just work. I've wan= ted=20 something like that for years. It would bring FreeBSD farther along in b= eing=20 the most stable free OS out there and satisfy the needs of the super=20 conservative. =09Personally I'd rather have a super super stable OS, I don't really car= e about=20 performance beyond a reasonable point. I'd like to get to the point wher= e=20 there are FreeBSD releases as bug free as Tex. I think that is possible = with=20 the release branches. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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