[_fbsd_chat_] why the different eol lengths ? [ was: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 7.2 EoL coming soon ]

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

spellberg_robert <emailrob at emailrob.com> writes:
>   do fbsd project_people consider the right_most digit[s] to be
>   a "minor_version number",
>   a "patch_level" or
>   something_else ?

A minor version number.  The complete nomenclature for a release is
<major>.<minor>-RELEASE[-p<patch>], where the last part is omitted until
a patch is actually applied.

DES
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