[simon@FreeBSD.org: cvs commit: src/crypto/openssl/ssl
?d1_both.c ?dtls1.h ssl.h ssl_err.c]
Oliver Fromme
olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Wed Oct 24 06:51:10 PDT 2007
Ken Smith wrote:
> Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > Uhm, are you sure? In the past, whenever a new RELENG
> > branch was created, it was implicitly the next -stable
> > branch, because -current moved on to the next version
> > number. Did that policy change?
>
> It is implicitly the *next* -stable but it's not there yet. That's
> what Simon was saying.
>
> FreeBSD's development (specifically the CVS repository) is public.
> But the bottom line is that the RELENG_X branches are *development*
> branches.
I'm well aware of that. My question was only about naming
conventions.
People often talk about either "-current" and "-stable",
so was curious what RELENG_7 would be called right now.
Obviously it's not called "-current", but (according to
you and Simon) it's not called "-stable" either.
Actually the often used terms "-current" and "-stable"
are ambiguous and not really accurate. E.g. someone
talks about "the -stable branch" and you have no idea
which one of the several RELENG_* ones he means. It's
probably better to always use the CVS names or the
branch name (from sys/conf/newvers.sh).
> No change in any policies or anything like that. What I'm describing
> has been the status quo for a long time but people tend to forget or
> never quite "get it" or ... so I'm sure you're not the only one thinking
> this way.
I'm not thinking that way. :-) I do know very well that
the -stable branches are development branches. Although
in pre-4.0 days (when release branches didn't exist)
-stable had a slightly different meaning, but it has
really been a long time since then.
Best regards
Oliver
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