On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 09:01:47AM +0200, Eric Delcamp wrote:
> > Hi !
> > 
> > Stupid question, but is NetBSD_1.4.2_ALPHA before or after NetBSD_1.4.2 ?
> 
> Before.
> 
> > If think that after the release of 1.4.2, the name continue with 1.4.2A,
> 
> No.
> 
> On the 1.4. release branch, there will eventually be a 1.4.3, and maybe
> a 1.4.3_ALPHA and 1.4.3_BETA first.
> 
> 
> Current will continue -- independently as before -- with 1.4X, 1.4Y and 1.4Z.

The latest release branch is currently at 1.4.2A. The "A" here should
be taken simply to mean that it's not exactly 1.4.2 anymore. Any
interface changes that are pulled up should be accompanied by a letter
bump, same as current. There may, or may not, be a 1.4.3_ALPHA or
BETA, which would indicate that the release is pending. The next
_release_ from that branch, the netbsd-1-4 branch, will be 1.4.3.