7.2-PRERELEASE using RELENG_7?

[Michael Powell]

Gabe wrote:

> 
>> From: Michael Powell <nightrecon at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: 7.2-PRERELEASE using RELENG_7?
>> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 4:27 AM
>> Gabe wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I'm a bit confused as to why I have 7.2-PRERELEASE
>> FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE
>> > #0: Fri Mar 20 02:16:04 PDT 2009 but yet my cvsup
>> config was asking for
>> > RELENG_7. Isn't the PRERELEASE tag supposed to be
>> RELENG_7_2?
>> > 
>> 
[snip] 
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. At this point I'd much rather go up to
> -STABLE, so using RELENG_7 should do it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Yes. Really the only time you get this "sliding window" effect is
in the run up to a release. During the window the tags will get changed
every so often. After the official release everything goes back to
normal. 

-Mike