From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 8 10:20:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA51152E6 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20850; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:19:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:19:45 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Marty Cawthon Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs-all: -Current or -Stable ? Message-ID: <19991108101945.A18435@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: <19991108151217M.mrc@ChipChat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <19991108151217M.mrc@ChipChat.com>; from mrc@ChipChat.com on Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 03:12:17PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 03:12:17PM +0000, Marty Cawthon wrote: > I have recently subscribed to the 'cvs-all' mailing list. > It is interesting, and I can see it will be useful. > > I understand that there are two branches of development for FreeBSD: > -Current and -Stable. It's a bit more complicated then that since -stable is 3.x and -current is what will be 4.x, but people still commit to 2.2.x and very occasionally to 2.1.x. > In looking at a message to 'cvs-all' how can I determine to which > branch, -Current or -Stable, a file has been committed? On the line in the message containing the words "Modified Files:" you will see the branch of the tree if it is not HEAD (aka -current). It looks like this: Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_3) -- Brooks -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one" --Thomas Jefferson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message