Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:05:27 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ross Potts <rpotts@med.osd.mil>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -RELEASE and -STABLE Message-ID: <19980212100527.21429@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <9802111232.ZM8351@unknown.zmail.host>; from Ross Potts on Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 12:32:39PM -0500 References: <9802111033.ZM6999@unknown.zmail.host> <19980211104224.13352@right.PCS> <jlemon@americantv.com> <9802111232.ZM8351@unknown.zmail.host>
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On Wed, 11 February 1998 at 12:32:39 -0500, Ross Potts wrote:
>> Periodically, the code in -stable is put on a CD, at which time
>> it is called a -release. As you mentioned above, -release tends to need
>> patches, simply because
>
> Oh, I think I get it now. -RELEASE is a result of all the -STABLE versions to
> a certain time period.
>
> Is that a correct assumption?
Sort of. -RELEASE happens at a particular point in time, required for
pressing a CD-ROM. -STABLE is an ongoing thing. There are two
possibilities:
1. -RELEASE is a newer version than -STABLE. A while back we had
2.2.<mumble>-RELEASE and 2.1.7-STABLE.
2. -RELEASE and -STABLE are the same version. This means that at the
time -RELEASE is released, it's the same thing as -STABLE. Then
-STABLE continues evolving, while -RELEASE stays the way it is.
Greg
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