5.3R Schedule

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> writes:
> I was pointing out that yes - there is going to be a 4.11. Perhaps I
> should have articulated it. The version numbering scheme is odd.

There is nothing odd about it.

> For example, there is a 5.2 and a 5.2.1

No.  There is only 5.2.1.  5.2 was considered unpublishable for a
variety of reasons and 5.2.1 was released to replace it before any
vendors had actually started printing CDs.  Anyone trying to cvsup 5.2
(RELENG_5_2) will get 5.2.1.

> Perhaps the release after 4.9 should have followed the same pattern -
> It would have been nice to see it progress something like this:
>
> 4.8, 4.9, 4.9.1, 4.9.2 and so on.
>
> The 4.9, 4.10 and soon to come 4.11 RELEASES will likely confuse the
> new users to FreeBSD.

Why would anyone be confused by the fact that the successors to 4.0,
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 are 4.10 and 4.11?

(4.6 actually ended up being named 4.6.2, much for the same reasons as
5.2 ended up as 5.2.1, but you get the idea)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no