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In-Reply-To: <0101111049350E.00498@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> from Tim McMillen at "Jan 11, 2001 10:49:35 am"
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> 
> > I was under the impression
> > that tracking -stable did not attempt to add any new features, but
> > instead simplt added bug fixes to the last release...
> >
> > Anybody point me in the direction of a concise explanation at all ?
> 
> Chapter 19 of the handbook gives it.  But section 19.2.2.2 seems to 
> imply it is just a bug fix branch, but since new features sometimes 
> bring bugs, that would seem misleading to me.  Anyone more enlightened 
> care to shed light on that?
> 

New features are added to current where they are tested, and when are
stable, merged from current into stable.

Bap.


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