Understanding The FreeBSD Version Labels [RFC]

[Duane Whitty]

Nikolas Britton wrote:
> On 5/9/06, Duane Whitty <duane at greenmeadow.ca> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've written an article trying to explain the FreeBSD version labels,
>> CURRENT, STABLE, and RELEASE.  This article, of course, is
>> aimed at newcomers to FreeBSD.
>>
>> The article is here
>> http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases
>>
>> For anyone who can time find to read it I would appreciate any
>> comments, feedback. constructive criticism, etc.
>>
>
> "Branch tag for FreeBSD 6.0
> RELENG_6_0
> So, FreeBSD 6.0 was officially released.  At the time this happened it
> was decided, after
> a lot of testing and other quality control procedures, that the code
> in 6-STABLE should
> be turned into a release.  But since FreeBSD is a very complex piece
> of software it is
> inevitable that eventually a security issue would need to be addressed
> or some other
> critical issue would need to be fixed.  That is what this branch of
> development is for.
> It used as the spot in the source archive for only critical fixes and
> items which address
> security issues.  This model ensures that officially released FreeBSD
> versions contain
> only the most reliable of code while still having bugs and security
> issues fixed."
>
> What about errata fix branches, they are not limited to just critical
> and security fixes?
>
> Also update the doc, change 6.0 to 6.1.
>
>
>
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Hi Nikolas,

Thanks for all the feedback and for taking the time to do so.

I have made extensive changes to this article.

For any interested parties it can still be viewed at
http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases



Sincerely,

Duane Whitty
-- 
duane at greenmeadow.ca

               or

duane at dwlabs.ca