Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:25:08 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: matt@gsicomp.on.ca Cc: js43064n@stmail.pace.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <20010227212508L.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <006d01c0a145$defa60e0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <200102271643.AA1900675532@stmail.pace.edu> <006d01c0a145$defa60e0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Actually, it just means "RELease ENGineer", e.g. it's a tag put down by the release engineer. Rod Grimes came up with the convention back in 1992 and all subsequent release engineers have followed it. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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