4.9 ?

[Chris Readle]

I think I understand what he's asking.  I'm a FreeBSD newb, but I think I
understand this point well enough to answer his question.

At this precise present moment, 4.9 is not -STABLE, but it was prior to
the code freeze.  At the current moment, I'd guess you could say that
there technically is *no* -STABLE.  It's currently in a transitional
phase, after which it will become 4.9-RELEASE.  Now, I presume at that
point, that there will be a lull while any remaining issues with 4.9
-RELEASE are cleared up, after which, 5.1-CURRENT will become 5.1-STABLE
and development will be branched again to begin on 6.0-CURRENT.

All this assumes that they don't continue to develop the 4-STABLE line by
having the versioning continue with 4.9.1-STABLE with 5.1 remaining the 
-CURRENT.  But in either case, 4.9 will be the most current -RELEASE.

Again, FreeBSD newb here, but that seems to be the way things have worked
in the past.

chris

--- Andrew Kozak <akozak at richardflanagan.com.au> wrote:
>  
>  hrmmmmzzzzzzzzz
> 
> Perhaps I should use a more simple approach, as I feel I have been
> misquoted
> 
> 
> Obviously, I was referring to 4.9-STABLE, I actually run 4.8-STABLE, and
> have read the handbook, including chapter 21, I was not after the
> difference
> between -STABLE -CURRENT -RELEASE, I was actually referring to the link
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/schedule.html which states that the
> tree will 'unfreeze'  at the end of September. As we are now in October,
> and
> I think the system is the greatest to be developed, I am curious to see
> if 4
> 9 has been labelled (if that's the right word) as 4.9-STABLE, as I have
> read
> that when a release (as in 4.8 / 4.9 not in -RELEASE) becomes -STABLE,
> that
> is the time top fire up cvsup and make/buildworld. As I had mentioned in
> my
> earlier communication, I found some nice suprises when I upgraded from
> 4.7
> to 4.8, (just happened to start on a 4.7 disc, then cvsup to 4.8), and
> am
> looking forward to seeing what 4.9 might bring. So, I was wondering if
> anybody knew anything about 4.9-STABLE. :)
> 
> Regards
> Andrew Kozak
> 
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
> Date: Monday, 06 October 2003 11:21:22 PM
> To: Psyche101
> Cc: freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: 4.9 ?
>  
> Psyche101 wrote:
>  
> <snip>
>  
> >I know of some people who have
> >installed 4.9 PreRelease, does anybody know if -STABLE is up and
> >running, can't wait to upgrade.:)
> >
> >Andrew Kozak
> >
> >
> Um, -STABLE is, well, "stable", and "up", and "running"
> on a half-million to a million boxes or so.
>  
> And the people with 4.9 Pre-release? They've already
> upgraded. Look into Chapter 21 in the handbook.
> You can upgrade 'til your heart's content... :-)
>  
> Kevin Kinsey
>  
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