In a message dated 11/8/04 10:12:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Releases are fixed points in time. They are marked on their respective > branch > >of development and that's it. A x.y-RELEASE version is effectively a > symbolic > >name for a specific moment in time. > Wow, thats what a "snapshot" used to be. How discouraging.
>A release is a snapshot - just one that everything (including most ports, >although since the release team may not have control over all ports, some >may fall by the wayside) has been brought up to that point of development >and generaly checked out at that point. A mere snapshot that is not a >release is just the current (momentary) development collection without >necessarily making sure everything is at any particular level. > >How discouraging for you not to understand that. Its "discouraging", because a "Release" should be " a completed set of features that have been tested and thought to be bug-free" Thats what a release is for a real product, and perhaps is the reason why so many people are confused? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
