Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 02:48:37 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: jbolivar@cantv.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA Message-ID: <20010320024837.A1109@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3AB6B34F.918313CB@babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 08:33:03PM -0500 References: <544720013119182824140@cantv.net> <3AB6B34F.918313CB@babbleon.org>
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 08:33:03PM -0500, The Babbler wrote: > > FreeBSD-stable doesn't have releases as such, does it? > > That is, if you cvsup you get the stable track as it exists that minute. > > It's *called* "stable" most of the time; > as a release gets close, it is renamed BETA and then RC (release > candidate), > until the day it's truly officially blessed and it is named RELEASE and > that version number is frozen. > The next day (probably the same minute, actually), the label gets > switched back to STABLE and the version number is incremented by one. > > Regardless of the label, though, it's exactly the same animal. > > Thus, after 4.2-RELEASE, we got 4.3-STABLE, which is now 4.3-BETA and > will become 4.3-RC, and finally the same code base will be frozen into > 4.3-RELEASE, at which time 4.4-STABLE will come into existance. Basically yes. A release is just a snapshot of the -stable (or, sometimes, -current) branch at a particular point in time. You got the order a bit wrong though. It is 4.2-RELEASE, 4.2-STABLE, 4.3-BETA, 4.3-RC, 4.3-RELASE, 4.3-STABLE, etc. > > > "jbolivar@cantv.net" wrote: > > > > When is the next FreeBSD-stable release???? > > > > Regards, > > > > JB > > 4.3-RELEASE is scheduled for Mar. 25 It might be slightly later though. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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