From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Feb 6 10:42:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA09056 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:42:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA09051 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:42:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA17357; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:41:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:41:53 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Benjamin Greenwald cc: Nate Williams , Michael Robinson , jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Naming branches In-Reply-To: <199902061812.NAA24874@miris.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Benjamin Greenwald wrote: > By calling the branch -stable, whether we intend to or not, we are making a > statement about both the robustness of the code and the ease of use. The real meaning of "stable" is that the code base doesn't go through dramatic changes over time. Hopefully robustness of code follows from this because the fixing of existing bugs outpaces the introduction of new bugs. The actual robustness of the code is more a function of the minor release number than whether or not it is labeled "stable" or not. The major number is more an indication of cool features. I'm not sure how this could best be clarified to users. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message