Re: names of supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup

From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi_at_freebsd.jazztel.es>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:36:34 +0100
El Lunes, 6 de Diciembre de 2004 08:39, Rob escribió:
> Hi,
>
> For 5.3 in /usr/share/examples/cvsup, there's:
>
>   stable-supfile   : for FreeBSD-stable
>   standard-supfile : for FreeBSD-current
>
> I find this naming rather confusing. Why "stable" refers to STABLE,
> but "standard" refers to CURRENT ?
>
> This causes unnecessary confusion. Why not the following name
> convention:
>
>   release-supfile  : for FreeBSD-RELEASE

Better security-supfile.  There is just one release, things like 
RELENG_5_3 are security branchs, not release branchs.

>   stable-supfile   : for FreeBSD-STABLE
>   current-supfile  : for FreeBSD-CURRENT
>

--
  josemi
Received on Mon Dec 06 2004 - 17:36:34 UTC

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