Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:16:21 -0400 From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?! Message-ID: <450E9C25.2000604@seclark.us> In-Reply-To: <200609180950.k8I9oVrQ087071@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200609180950.k8I9oVrQ087071@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: >Michael Abbott wrote: > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > Martin Nilsson wrote: > > > > Hans Lambermont wrote: > > > > .. or just stop calling it STABLE and call it RELENG_6 instead > > > > > > That's a good idea, IMHO. When I started with FreeBSD I found the > > > difference between the branch names and cvs tags confusing. > > > > Let me second that. I hadn't realised that STABLE==RELENG_n (where n is > > the current version number) until very recently, and I've seen the "STABLE > > isn't stable" thing crop up over and over again over the last few years, > > both on mailing lists and IRC. > >Actually, FreeBSD has three types of branches: > > - current a.k.a. HEAD > - X-stable a.k.a. RELENG_X > - X.Y security branch a.k.a. RELENG_X_Y > >I think it would be better to rename the 2nd one "RELENG" >(instead of "STABLE"), because that's exactly what it is: >the release-engineering branch from which the releases are >derived. > >The term "STABLE" would be much better suitable for the >3rd type of branches which are currently called "security >branches". Thus we would have: > > - current > - releng > - stable > >Then the names match exactly what the branches are: >"current" is the current head of experimental development, >"releng" is the release engineering branch, and "stable" >is the stable branch for people who want to track only >security fixes and the most critical stuff. > >Such appropriate naming would certainly prevent a lot of >confusion. > >Best regards > Oliver > > > I agree! My $.02 Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)
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