Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:58:56 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent branching of CURRENT Message-ID: <20071013155856.GA71525@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200710131620.49636.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <470FDB17.2080900@intersonic.se> <200710130207.19104.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <47100FC7.5090002@intersonic.se> <200710131620.49636.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 04:20:49PM +0200, Mel wrote: > On Saturday 13 October 2007 02:22:31 Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > > Mel wrote: > > > On Saturday 13 October 2007 01:15:45 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >> Mel wrote: > > >>> On Friday 12 October 2007 23:15:32 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >>>> Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > > >>>>> Hi, > > >>>>> Just out of curiosity, why did I fail to notice the branching of > > >>>>> RELENG_7 and 8-CURRENT? I'm subscribed to -stable, -current and > > >>>>> -announce. > > >>>> > > >>>> Because it's an administrative change that is just a normal part of > > >>>> the release engineering process. i.e. 7.0 is not released etc. > > >>> > > >>> And RELENG_7 is not considered the 'stable' branch yet, but 8-CURRENT > > >>> is just forked for development of entirely new features? I.o.w. do we 2 > > >>> current or 2 stable branches now? > > >> > > >> Those are just names, don't worry too much about it. RELENG_7 will be > > >> the start of a new -STABLE branch once it is released. > > > > > > That is actually what I'm worried about. It means drivers are less likely > > > to be MFC'd to RELENG_6 from 7.0-RELEASE onwards - I was hoping that > > > wouldn't happen till 7.1. > > > > It's called progress. This is normal. If you need a driver that is > > happening in 7- only, then upgrade to 7. RELENG_6 will turn into a > > "supported fix branch" or whatever the name is and RELENG_7 is where the > > action takes place, just like it has been going on for quite some time > > (please correct me if I'm wrong). > > Well, 6.0-RELEASE was still on -current. No, it wasn't. 6.0-RELEASE was the first release from the 6-STABLE branch. 4.0-RELEASE was also considered a -STABLE release. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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