From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 6 07:51:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA02713 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:51:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA02708 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:51:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id HAA00281; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199710061450.HAA00281@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: CVSUP vs. SNAPS In-Reply-To: <12160.875813096@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Oct 2, 97 10:24:56 am" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Cc: kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dg@root.com, andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ... > I think we're really better off just leaving it the heck alone for > now. During BETA test is *not* the time to contemplate major changes > in our release engineering strategy, for better or for worse. This > should have been brought up several months ago if Rod was actually > hoping for any sort of genuine effect here. :-) As it is, I certain Ahh... I tried to get this fixed after 2.1.7, but you did it wrong, you made MORE change than what I asked you to do. I asked you to change ``RELEASE'' to ``STABLE'' in newvers.sh, you did that PLUS you changed REVISION from 2.1.7 to 2.1, WRONG, get a grip, REVISION never goes down in value!! Index: newvers.sh =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh,v retrieving revision 1.16.4.11 retrieving revision 1.16.4.12 diff -u -r1.16.4.11 -r1.16.4.12 --- newvers.sh 1997/02/10 06:36:10 1.16.4.11 +++ newvers.sh 1997/04/19 01:11:18 1.16.4.12 @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ # SUCH DAMAGE. # # @(#)newvers.sh 8.1 (Berkeley) 4/20/94 -# $Id: newvers.sh,v 1.16.4.11 1997/02/10 06:36:10 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: newvers.sh,v 1.16.4.12 1997/04/19 01:11:18 jkh Exp $ TYPE="FreeBSD" -REVISION="2.1.7" -BRANCH="RELEASE" +REVISION="2.1" +BRANCH="STABLE" RELEASE="${REVISION}-${BRANCH}" SNAPDATE="" if [ "X${SNAPDATE}" != "X" ]; then You seem to be totally and utterly convinced that REVISION == CVS branch tag, but it DON'T! > intend on doing absolutely nothing different than "usual" at this late > stage in the game. It doesn't even occur until after you do the release, when you go to change ``RELEASE'' back to ``STABLE'' DON'T TOUCH THE BLOODY REVSION NUMBER! -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD