From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 6 03:44:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA19877 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 03:44:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from shrimp.dataplex.net (shrimp.dataplex.net [208.2.87.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA19866 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 03:44:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Received: from [208.2.87.4] (user4.dataplex.net [208.2.87.4]) by shrimp.dataplex.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA28454; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 05:44:48 -0500 (CDT) X-Sender: rkw@mail.dataplex.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <199710051822.NAA02733@set.spradley.dyn.ml.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 05:38:51 -0500 To: Annelise Anderson From: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: Fwd: CVSup release identity Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. Well, I would still get rid of the "-STABLE". I would also use Zulu time and convert it all to a number. Thus "FreeBSD 2.2 (9710050245)" However, the date/time stamp should be made when the source is extracted from the master source and not when YOU get a second or third generation copy from some distribution point. On the subject of releases being taken from ongoing branches, I think that releases deserve special consideration and a simpler form of identification. Remember that an individual who rebuilds a system from source is slightly more knowledgable. For someone who simply installs a release, we need to KISS. If the wrapper on the CD says "2.2.5", that is what they would expect uname to deliver. Richard Wackerbarth