Date: 17 Mar 97 15:12:06 -0600 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Nate Williams" <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Message-ID: <AF530FC9-14772E8@204.69.236.50>
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On Mon, Mar 17, 1997 2:41 PM, Nate Williams <mailto:nate@mt.sri.com> wrote: >> b) Assuming that the answer to (a) is no and now you've got >> carte blanche to change things, what names would you choose >> to describe the 3 tracks of development (mostly quiescent, >> current release track, bleeding edge development) which you >> feel would most adequately convey their purpose to the >> layperson? Explain your rationale for each choice. > >-stable (Released versions of FreeBSD, since any release has some > measure of stability) >-release (The 'next' release of FreeBSD) >-devel (What was once -current, now renamed to devel which reflect the > code on the 'HEAD' branch). > Perhaps "next" is a good label. In fact, why not use that name for an entire OS? :-) >There might be some confusion on when to use -stable vs. -release, but >most questions would be appropriate for either, since most people run >the most recent release, so the question would be answered 'fixed in >-release'. > >The big issue in my mind is how to differentiate 'released' vs. 'release >in progress'. There is always some ambiguity with any set of labels about status. "Test(ing)" or "Trial" might be used to designate the "reasonably complete but still pre-release" state (some use "alpha", "beta", etc to designate how far along the process the item has progressed.We don't want anything to that fine granularity) In any case, we have a certain ambiguity between 2.2.0-RELEASED and 2.2.1-INPROGRESS. Assuming that the head branch is no longer available for 2.2 improvement, there is still the problem that 2.2-TODAY may be either better or worse than 2.2.0-RELEASE. If some major bug had been fixed, it would likely be better --- unless someone just committed some untested code :-(
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