Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:26:59 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-STABLE ??? Message-ID: <20030120032658.GA35779@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <01ad01c2c02c$e84eaf40$0101a8c0@cascade> References: <200301192336.h0JNam2r036785@lurza.secnetix.de> <01ad01c2c02c$e84eaf40$0101a8c0@cascade>
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On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 08:37:42PM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > It doesn't look that way to me: > > "Features are only added to the 4-STABLE development branch after > a ``settling time'' in -CURRENT. FreeBSD 5.0 does not have the > stabilizing influence of a -STABLE branch. (It is likely that the > 5-STABLE development branch will be created sometime after 5.1-RELEASE > or 5.2-RELEASE.)" > > and > > "Because FreeBSD 5.0 is the first release from the CURRENT branch in > over two years, many of its features are seeing wide exposure for the > first time. Many of these features (such as SMPng) have broad impacts > on the kernel." > > Looks like it will not be branched from current for at least 3 to 6 > months. So if one decides to make the jump to 5.0 and wants to track development, should -CURRENT be tracked or RELENG_5_0? Thanks. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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