On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 08:52:24AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> On 10/27/14 20:19, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> >
> > Major differences.
> >
> > The snapshot code is -current. That includes commits from only a few
> > hours earlier. From time to time, it also contains changes which are
> > not yet commited.
> >
>
> If I got you correctly the current "install56.iso" from the
> snapshots directory is based upon code that is not supposed
> to be included with the 5.6 code freeze. Wouldn't you agree
> the the "56" in the snapshot filenames of today is misleading?
>
> Looking at http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors I
> would suggest to increase the version information in the
> snapshot file names as soon as the release tag is attached and
> the -stable branch is created. This could help to avoid a lot
> of confusion.
We have a process that is well understood and works well for us. To
unconfuse you: "snapshots" always refer to the current state of
development, and are different beasts compared to releases.
Increasing the number would be as confusing, since then people would
think that that version is close to the next to be released version.
-Otto
