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Date:      Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:49:21 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Ashley Moran <ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to track 6.0 increments ?
Message-ID:  <44bqzv2psh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200512051056.33305.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>
References:  <43932546.4090904@redstarling.com> <200512051056.33305.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>

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Ashley Moran <ashley.moran@codeweavers.net> writes:

> On Sunday 04 December 2005 17:20, ke.han wrote:
> > I don't want to follow current or stable (I don't think). =A0I just want
> > security fixes and other changes that might be termed 6.01 if there were
> > such a thing.
>=20
> I've always wondered this.  Is there a reason why the FreeBSD team put=20
> security updates into a branch rather than a 6_0_x release tag?

It's more convenient for the RE folks, usually more convenient for
end-users, and uses fewer resources in propagating the repository
changes.

--=20
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/



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