Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:11:49 -0500 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD-Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Branch Tags vs Release Tags Message-ID: <402EF185.6010405@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <44hdxtt8gl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <001901c3f31f$3f6fe7a0$0464a8c0@alpha> <402E5EA8.4090201@earthlink.net> <44hdxtt8gl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> writes: > > > >>Edmund Craske wrote: >> >> > > > >>>No problem, in fact it would make little sense not to use this branch. >>> >>> >>> >>I guess that 's what so confusing. Who would benefit using >> >>RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE? >> >> > >Look at it this way. > >If someone installed the 4.9 release, from a set of disks they bought >in a store, and then they had a question about it, I might want to >help them figure out their problem. Because there is a >RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE tag, I can look at the files that produced their >release. It makes no sense that anyone would download those files to >install from, but some people can actually read the source files. > > > Lowell/Ed, It's very clear now. I guess I was just looking at things as they related to upgrading one's system. Thanks for following up with your explanations. Bob -- FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 0#
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