Re: Where to get 5.3 Stable

From: Robert Watson (rwatson_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 10/25/04

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    Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:37:35 +0100 (BST)
To: freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au

    On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au wrote:

    > > Shogan2k1@aol.com writes:
    > > > Everyone keep on saying they have problem running 5.3 stable. But is
    > > > 5.3 stable really out? I can't find it anywhere.
    > >
    > > 5.3-RELEASE isn't out yet, but you can get 5.3-STABLE by cvsup'ing
    > > the RELENG_5 tag.
    >
    > As RELENG_5_3 has been branched, I have been tracking this release - I
    > presume this is the same as RELENG_5 until 5.3 RELEASE is frozen
    > (already?), but will then only change for security patches. (Someone
    > please correct me if this is an incorrect assumption)

    With the advent of 5.3, the intent is to expand the coverage of changes in
    the RELENG_MAJOR_MINOR branch to include critical other fixes in addition
    to the normal security fixes going into the branch. For example, if there
    is a critical stability fix for a driver or other system component. We
    also intend to adopt this approach for future 4.x releases. The bar will
    be high for changes to go into the branch, and will result in errata
    announcements (exact format to be determined) in much the same way we
    currently produce security advisories. The branch will remain "owned" by
    the security officer team, and any stability fixes will be merged by the
    release engineering team in close coordination with the security officer
    team. It is not the intent that the branches become "-STABLE"
    substitutes, since they won't be getting feature enhancements.

    Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
    robert@fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research

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