exact difference between RELENG_4, RELENG_4_5 . . . RELENG_4_8

[Richard Schilling]

Awesome.

Thanks folks for all the great explainations.

--Richard



On 2003.06.13 22:31 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 07:16:09PM -0700 I heard the voice of
> Richard Schilling, and lo! it spake thus:
> > Read the documentation on the meaning of the various 4.X tags, and
> am
> > not sure what is meant by this:
> >
> > "The release branch for FreeBSD-4.6 and FreeBSD-4.6.2, used only for
> 
> > security advisories and other seriously critical fixes."
> >
> > Similar descriptions are used for the other RELENG_4_X tags.
> >
> > If I specify RELENG_4 will cvsup also include RELENG_4_3 to
> RELENG_4_8?
> 
> ASCII art!
> 
> -------------------------------------------------- RELENG_4
> (4.x-STABLE)
>     \                               \
>      \                               \
>       \                               \----------|--- RELENG_4_8
>        \                                         |
>         \                                     4.8-RELEASE
>          \------|------------- RELENG_4_7
>                 |
>            4.7-RELEASE
> 
> 
> --
> Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd at over-yonder.net
> Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
> 
> "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
>       haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
> 
>