From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 21 08:11:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738AD16A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:11:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF7C043D4C for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:11:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i6L8BAqm057417 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:11:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i6L8BAnP057416; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:11:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:11:10 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Nikos Vassiliadis Message-ID: <20040721081110.GC56544@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Nikos Vassiliadis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200407211037.43016.nvass@teledome.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407211037.43016.nvass@teledome.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.3 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:11:10 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:11:24 -0000 --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:37:42AM +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > I need a confirmation/correction about this. Is RELENG-4 and RELENG-4-10 = the same thing, > since the latest stable is 4.10? if i got this right, RELENG-4-10 will be= used to stay explicitly > with 4.10-? and RELENG-4 will be used to update to the latest 4.X-STABLE.= All security fixes > and critical updates are in RELENG-4 too. Are these correct? No -- RELENG_4 and RELENG_4_10 are quite different things. And note that it's RELENG_4 not RELENG-4. RELENG_4_10 is the cvs branch corresponding to 4.10-RELEASE-pN. That's a code branch which is relatively static, receiving only security patches and serious errata (which is different to 4.9-RELEASE and earlier, which only got security fixes). A RELEASE version is intended for production use where downtime is complete anathema. RELENG_4 is the cvs branch corresponding to 4.10-STABLE. That's a *development* branch, where new code and support for new devices will be introduced. Note that we call it '4.10-STABLE' simply because 4.10 was the last RELEASE branch created. Generally as you track 4-STABLE over time, that version number will be incremented about every four months. However, 4.10 might well be the last release from the 4.x series, withthe creation of the RELENG_5 branch that's planned to occur simultaneously with the release of 5.3. A 4.10-STABLE release is called 'STABLE' because that's how it's meant to run: stably. FreeBSD STABLE versions have an enviable track record at achieving just that. It has been achieved only by careful testing of all code in the 'CURRENT' or HEAD branch of CVS before MFC (Merge =46rom Current) into the STABLE branch. RELENG_4 gets all of the security fixes and errata that are applied to RELENG_4_10, although they might occur in a slightly different form: eg. an upgrade of a component software system to a new version rather than a minimal set of patches to do no more than fix a particular flaw. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA/iUeiD657aJF7eIRAiK3AKCxb6VAs6KrSoGfF9r+j61veP2ZrACgn9il 6CJkZLyZhmcGGt0tsd+01lw= =j5Xi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef--