a file version number going down after upgrade from 6.0-R to 6.0-S

[martinko]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:37:05 +0800, Xin LI wrote
> Hi,
> 
> On 12/5/05, martinko <martinkov at pobox.sk> wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > i noticed, when upgrading from 6.0-R to 6-stable, that
> > /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant version went down.
> > until now i had believed that stable branch contains newer software than
> > the release. if so, why this "downgrade" ??
> 
> 1.1.4.1 stands for "first revision of the 4th branch" on 1.1, and
> 1.1.2.1 stands for "first revision of the 2nd branch".  The former is
> created after the latter.  It's not a downgrade as RELENG_6_0 is
> created after RELENG_6 (hence 4 vs 2), and everything merged to
> RELENG_6_0 must be part of RELENG_6 before it happen.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net


I see now. Many thanks for your explanation, Xin!

Martin