Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:22:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sup-ing stable Message-ID: <199608162122.OAA01548@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <v02140b02ae3a8b430003@[199.183.109.242]> from Richard Wackerbarth at "Aug 16, 96 04:09:11 pm"
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> Rodney Grimes writes: > > >I think there is enough confusion out there that the strings should be > >changed to this: > >TYPE="FreeBSD" > >REVISION="2.1.5" > >BRANCH="STABLE" > > Well, that is your opinion. My opinion is slightly different. > Here is my interpretation of the way things should be... > > > "Stable", and for that matter "current", do not really designate > development branches. I feel that they are simply aliases that reflect the > state of development. Using both "2.1.5" and "STABLE" is redundant. Erhh.. try again ``Stable'' has a direct corresponding CVS tag, that tag happens to be a branch tag (cvs tag -b) and as of almost a year ago has the value ``RELENG_2_1_0''. ``Current'' has a direct correspoding CVS tag, all be it invisible, known as ``HEAD''. ``2.1.5'' is a POINT on a BRANCH, it has a corresponding tag value of ``RELENG_2_1_5''. You can _NOT_ sup ``2.1.5-RELEASE'' except for the window of dates I pointed out in the message about the commits to newvers.sh. > I think that "2.1" is the proper name of the branch. Not really, that is a version on a branch (namely the cvs tag ``RELENG_2_1_0_RELEASE'', which has been superceded by ``RELENG_2_1_5_RELEASE). NEITHER of which are ``BRANCHES'' per se. > We are awaiting the CD for revision "RELEASE-5" > Those who have gotten today's update are at revision "CTM-154" > > However, to help avoid confusion among the uninitiated, perhaps we should > call today's version "FreeBSD 2.1.5-154","FreeBSD 2.1.5p154", or something > similar. Been discussed, find an ``elegant'' way to do it and it might be done... -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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