From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 1 21:17:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA14620 for current-outgoing; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:17:41 -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 VAA14615 ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:17:39 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA24956; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:11:52 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:11:51 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Julian Elischer , roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, jc@irbs.com, current@FreeBSD.org, FAQ@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 update In-Reply-To: <1272.815258695@time.cdrom.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, Jordan K. Hubbard 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, odd or not, -stable is not -current at any sense. -current is > an entirely separate branch, and "-release" doesn't even exist. > I don't see how any answer other than "no" would have been > correct! :-) Sorry I wasn't asking the question more clearly but what I meant is isn't the -stable like branch off -current and then when -stable becomes the next -release version, wouldn't the src tree for supping just be the -current tree for development of future releases or will future releases simply be bugfixes to the last release? 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