Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 21:59:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@metronet.com> Cc: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, Hetzels@aol.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: CVSup release identity Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971005215414.2062A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <199710051822.NAA02733@set.spradley.dyn.ml.org>
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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Ted Spradley wrote: > > > >uname -r > > > > > >which will result in the message: > > > > > >FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE-AB > > > > > >or > > > > > >FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE (0360) > > > > I think that this is a very good idea. I would delete the "-STABLE" > > portion of the label. "FreeBSD 2.2 (0360)" conveys the same info, is shorter > > and eliminates some of the confusion. For the RELEASES, I would use > > "FreeBSD 2.2.0", "FreeBSD 2.2.5", etc. > > I like this. If it's got three digits (e.g. 2.2.5), it's a release. If it's > got two digits plus the extra part, it's taken from an on-going branch, and > the extra part indicates when it was taken. That should help clear up any > confusion between branches and releases. But releases are also taken from ongoing branches. In any case, uname -r on my machine now produces: 2.2-STABLE-971004-19:45 PDT which is explicit in indicating the date and time at which cvsup began downloading the sources. That seems more informative than a code that has to be translated into a date. Annelise
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