Subject: Re: release question
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/21/2002 10:54:00
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:46:18PM -0800, Greywolf wrote:
  | On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Daniel Carosone wrote:
  | 
  | # But ipf has been updated on the 1.6 branch, make sure your sets
  | # and kernel are both from _STABLE, not from 1.6 release.
  | 
  | *light goes on*
  | 
  | Release question:
  | 
  | maj.min[.teeny] is the release.  I got that.
  | maj.min[A-Z]* is -current.  I got that.
  | 
  | so now,
  | maj.min[.teeny]_STABLE is the release with pullups, proven stable?
  | 
  | i.e. we now have an "updated" release along with a normal release and
  | -current?

Correct.

We changed the way that the "release branch post-release" was identified,
replacing "maj.min.(teeny+1)_ALPHA" with "maj.min[.teeny]_STABLE".

For example, 1.6_STABLE will be released as 1.6.1, and then changes
to the netbsd-1-6 release branch will be highlighted by that branch
being renamed to "1.6.1_STABLE" ...

Luke.