From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 1 19:59:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA10806 for current-outgoing; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:59:32 -0800 Received: from apollo.COSC.GOV (root@apollo.COSC.GOV [198.94.103.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA10797 ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:59:24 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA14080; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:53:52 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:53:51 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: Julian Elischer cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, jc@irbs.com, current@FreeBSD.org, FAQ@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 update In-Reply-To: <199511011945.LAA23144@ref.tfs.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > So what you are saying is that -release is really just -current > > > at some point? and -stable is just really -current before a -release? > > > > NO. > NO? > I think he has it right eventhough he says it a bit oddly.. Well, it was like 2am and I was up for 20 hours sitting here so I wasn't exactly awake ;) > -current always moves forwards. > every so often a 'branch' is made that is eventually made into a release.. > What I'm not sure of myself, is whether -stable > derives from -current, or from a previous (unstable?) release. > (because we are effectively doing both at the moment) That is what I wanted to know since I noticed after every release, people will sup -CURRENT and then like there will be a ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA version but now it seems like there is only SNAP, and STABLE whatever that is... Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan Fan Club Mailiing Lists Admin