freebsd 7 stable, which tag??

[Gerard]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:24:46 -0400
Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:11:59PM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:

> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Matthew Seaman
> > <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:

> > > > sorry, I just read some articles in the mailing list, it's
> > > > RELENG_7 for stable, 7_0 is for current.

> > >  Nope.

> > >  RELENG_7_0 is for 7.0-RELEASE

> > >  RELENG_7 is for 7.0-STABLE (at the moment)

> > >  . is for 8-CURRENT

> > so in a sense, 7.0-release is for developers, and 7.0-stable for end
> > users, right?

> No.    7.0-release is the final snapshot of 7.0.    Current is
> for developers and stable is a more cleaned up version of current.

> Current is the bleeding edge.    
> Stable is sort of like a beta
> and release is the final, cleaned up and built and tested release.
> 
> The confusing thing is there can be more than one branch being
> worked on.   At the moment there is  7.xxx and 8.xxx.   There can
> be stable and release for each.    The head is where current is
> made which is 8.xxx now.   

> If something is built in to current that is wanted more immediately, 
> it gets merged in to the less bleeding edge tracks.   The process for 
> that is called 'Merge From Current' usually called MFC - as in 'that 
> feature (or fix) was MFCed this morning'.

It is amazing how often this question arises. I guess the manual does
not explain the different 'tags' and branches thoroughly enough.

-- 
Gerard
gerard at seibercom.net

"The Schizophrenic: An Unauthorized Autobiography"
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