Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:41:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why 6.0-current? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040820114050.20697O-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20040820123854.GJ5433@submonkey.net>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:57:10PM +0400, Toxa wrote: > > Recent buildkernel brigns me new os version: > > > > FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Aug 19 22:28:50 MSD 2004 > > > > I'm wondering, why HEAD tag is not 5.3-CURRENT? According to > > development model, when 5.3-RELEASE will appear, HEAD should becomes 5.4-CURRENT, after 5.4-RELEASE it should bbecomes 5.5-CURRENT, etc... > > Why 6.0? New development model? Would u mind to drop a link > > describing this. > > With 5.3-RELEASE, RELENG_5 becomes -STABLE, and therefore 5.4-CURRENT > will never exist; it will be 5.4-STABLE. HEAD is now 6.0-CURRENT. This > has been the plan for quite some time. Just to make specific an implication of the above to make sure it's clear to all readers: RELENG_5 is not currently -STABLE. It will be, but is not yet. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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