From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 11 7:14:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB6514D64 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:14:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12830Q-000Lgq-00; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:14:46 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA56106; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:14:42 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:14:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Matthew Hagerty Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-4.0 specs? In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000110185107.00b7b8b0@mail.venux.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Matthew Hagerty wrote: >Greetings, > >I was wondering if there was someplace that details the specifications of >FreeBSD-4.0 and how it is different from the 3.x work? I was shocked at >how soon 4.0 was being worked on, even before 3.1 was released (I >think). A major release number just seems like such a major change in the >kernel, etc. Anyway, I'm just curious and wondered where I might find more >info. If i understand this correctly (and i'm sure i'll be corrected if not ;-) Once a major release goes public, -current is slated for the next major revision number. So, when 3.0 came out, -current would be slated to be 4.0. Meanwhile, enhancements are built and tested on -current, and where possible, these are back-ported to the 3.x branch. Also, minor enhancements and bug fixes are incorporated in each of the 3.x releases (the -stable branch). Some changes, however, cannot be back ported, due to major architecture changes or other reasons. These enhancements stay in -current until the next major release, which in this case will be 4.0. -=> jm <=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message