From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 17 09:36:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA22081 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:36:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from shrimp.dataplex.net (shrimp.dataplex.net [208.2.87.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA22073 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:36:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from [208.2.87.4] (cod.dataplex.net [208.2.87.4]) by shrimp.dataplex.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA16611; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:36:00 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: rkw@shrimp.dataplex.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:34:55 -0600 To: Stephen Roome From: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Matthew Thyer writes: >>This is ridiculous. >> >>FreeBSD 3.X is CURRENT! > >how about > >2.1-past >2.2-present >3.0-future > >which actually explains it, but then again, so does just the number, >but in order to actually make it all understandable for new folks: > >2.1-previous >2.2-current >(or simply 2.2-release) Sorry. 2.2-RELEASE was yesterday. Today's 2.2 tree is (slightly) different :-) >3.0-experimental The "problem" is that some of the entrenched people who get the dictate what happens understand the distinctions but fail to the able to see the situation from the point-of-view of the "general public". They prefer THEIR interpretation because that is the interpretation to which THEY are accustomed. I fear that they are suffering from the all too common problem of being too close to something to see the broader perspective.