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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:33:07 +0100
From:      "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net>
To:        Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE?
Message-ID:  <20010227203307.3a2f4c4e.steveo@eircom.net>
In-Reply-To: <01022719292200.00371@siamese.local>
References:  <01022719292200.00371@siamese.local>

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On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:22 +0000
Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> wrote:

JB> In a similar vein - when does 4-STABLE become 5-STABLE?  Is it when

	Never! 4-STABLE will still be around long after 5-STABLE appears
just as 3-STABLE is still around today (in the sense of getting commits).

JB> The Powers That Be decide that -CURRENT is stable enough to make
JB> a -STABLE branch?

	5-STABLE (or RELENG_5 in tag terms) will arrive as you describe, and
at the same time (or thereabouts) -current will become 6.0.

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