Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:24:46 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd 7 stable, which tag?? Message-ID: <20080407172446.GB81680@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <f84c38580804071011t27e1678bmade36d6d317f0a0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <f84c38580804070945g641b136ey5578bcd1a3e3ea9a@mail.gmail.com> <f84c38580804070954v18309535q95ca705ae9b8c9af@mail.gmail.com> <47FA550C.9070503@infracaninophile.co.uk> <f84c38580804071011t27e1678bmade36d6d317f0a0a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:11:59PM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > so in a sense, 7.0-release is for developers, and 7.0-stable for end > users, right? No. 7.0-release is the final snapshot of 7.0. Current is for developers and stable is a more cleaned up version of current. Current is the bleeding edge. Stable is sort of like a beta and release is the final, cleaned up and built and tested release. The confusing thing is there can be more than one branch being worked on. At the moment there is 7.xxx and 8.xxx. There can be stable and release for each. The head is where current is made which is 8.xxx now. If something is built in to current that is wanted more immediately, it gets merged in to the less bleeding edge tracks. The process for that is called 'Merge From Current' usually called MFC - as in 'that feature (or fix) was MFCed this morning'. ////jerry > > TFC > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Matthew Seaman > <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > > > > sorry, I just read some articles in the mailing list, it's RELENG_7 > > > for stable, 7_0 is for current. > > > > > > > > > > Nope. > > > > RELENG_7_0 is for 7.0-RELEASE > > > > RELENG_7 is for 7.0-STABLE (at the moment) > > > > . is for 8-CURRENT > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > > > > -- > > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > > Flat 3 > > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > > Kent, CT11 9PW > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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