Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:33:08 +0300 (EEST) From: Vladimir Tchoukharev <chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/29410: More about RELENG_4_3 in FAQ Message-ID: <200108031133.f73BX7A74204@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi>
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>Number: 29410
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: More about RELENG_4_3 in FAQ
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 03 04:40:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Vladimir Tchoukharev
>Release: FreeBSD 4.4-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi 4.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-PRERELEASE #3: Fri Aug 3 08:56:25 EEST 2001 root@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/H33 i386
>Description:
RELENG_4_3 is described well in one part of the handbook, but in FAQ it is
not mentioned and -STABLE seem to be advertized as a secure branch. At least
in the local newsgroups I see many references to FAQ along with this beaten
question "is STABLE stable".
I tried to make a patch for /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
Some bad links to the handbook are also changed.
Unfortunately I cannot make new docs at the moment to check syntax and all -
something happend to my jade recently, reinstalling docproj (with depends)
does not help. Take more care therefore.
Yes, I know about -BEET vs. -RUTABAGA battle :) feel free to change.
Also please clean my English up, I'm not a good speaker I guess.
There is one more ready patch for FAQ with some style changes,
mainly unification of references to -STABLE and alike.
There is a need to patch handbook too - it has two parts with references
to tags, only one is corrected (in respect to RELENG_4_3). I also see
here people write "there is no such a tag acording to the handbook".
I think I can prepare a patch and send it if this PR will find someone
interested.
I have one more ready patch for FAQ with some style changes,
mainly unification of references to -STABLE and alike.
Bets regards,
V. Tchoukharev
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- book.sgml.orig Wed Jul 25 08:41:13 2001
+++ book.sgml Thu Aug 2 23:08:52 2001
@@ -174,15 +174,19 @@
<answer>
<para>Version <ulink
URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.3-RELEASE/">4.3</ulink>;
- is the latest <emphasis>STABLE</emphasis> version; it was
+ is the latest <emphasis>-RELEASE</emphasis> version; it was
released in April, 2001. This is also the latest
- <emphasis>RELEASE</emphasis> version.</para>
+ <emphasis>-SECURITY</emphasis> and <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> version.</para>
- <para>Briefly explained, <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed
- at the ISP or other corporate user who wants stability and a
- low change count over the wizzy new features of the latest
+ <para>Briefly explained, <emphasis>-SECURITY</emphasis>
+ is aimed at all users who want highest security and stability,
+ it is <quote><emphasis>-RELEASE</emphasis> with security patches</quote>.
+ <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed
+ at users who want more new features along with stability
+ higher than that of the latest
<emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> snapshot. Releases can come
- from either branch, but you should only use
+ either from <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> or from
+ <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> branch, but you should only use
<emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> if you are sure that you are
prepared for its increased volatility (relative to
<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>, that is).</para>
@@ -204,12 +208,12 @@
<answer>
<para><ulink
- URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">FreeBSD-CURRENT</ulink>
+ URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html">FreeBSD-CURRENT</ulink>
is the development version of the operating system, which will
in due course become 5.0-RELEASE. As such, it is really only
of interest to developers working on the system and die-hard
hobbyists. See the <ulink
- URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">relevant
+ URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html">relevant
section</ulink> in the <ulink
URL="../handbook/index.html">handbook</ulink> for details on
running -CURRENT.</para>
@@ -287,16 +291,18 @@
<answer>
<para>Back when FreeBSD 2.0.5 was released, we decided to
branch FreeBSD development into two parts. One branch was
- named <ulink URL="../handbook/stable.html">-STABLE</ulink>,
+ <ulink URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html">named</ulink> -STABLE,
with the intention that only well-tested bug fixes and small
incremental enhancements would be made to it (for Internet
Service Providers and other commercial enterprises for whom
sudden shifts or experimental features are quite
- undesirable). The other branch was <ulink
- URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">-CURRENT</ulink>,
+ undesirable). The other branch was -CURRENT,
which essentially has been one unbroken line leading towards
5.0-RELEASE (and beyond) since 2.0 was released. If a little
ASCII art would help, this is how it looks:</para>
+ <para>With release of FreeBSD 4.3 a new <emphasis>-SECURITY</emphasis> branch was
+ introduced, which is a <quote>-RELEASE with security
+ patches</quote>.</para>
<programlisting> 2.0
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