Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:24:29 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Joey Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding FreeBSD CVS tags Message-ID: <15274.45805.831063.295709@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <78226080@toto.iv>
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Joey Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> types: > I was reading the Handbook, and I just was wondering if someone can > clarify something for me. Considering that 4.4 has been released, I > wasn't sure if I wanted to stick with RELENG_4 tag (which is the 4-STABLE) > release tag or go with RELENG_4_4 tag. Most people seem to go with the > STABLE tag and ride things out until it becomes the next release. Note that the RELENG_4_X tags were introduced with the 4.3 Release of FreeBSD. Anyone who was running -STABLE on a system with few problems is probably still doing so. Part of the idea behind the RELENG_4_X tag was to provide security fixes to people who were happy with the features in the release. You don't tend to hear a lot from people who have a box that's quietly sitting there doing it's job. > Correct me if I'm wrong, but RELENG_4_4 implies that it's basically 4.4 > RELEASE with added security bugfixes? That's correct. > Does that include contributed software, such as Sendmail, which were > found to have security flaws? If they get fixed in -STABLE, they will almost certainly be fixed in the security fixes branch. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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