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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:04:50PM -0600, Mark Derbyshire wrote:
> In spite of or because of being new to NetBSD, I think I understand the=
=20
> difference, but it is a little wicked that:
>=20
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6 =3D NetBSD 1.6 release &
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-6 =3D netbsd-1-6 branch

It makes *some* sense if you're familiar with how CVS works.

netbsd-1-6 is the name for a code branch. (Using "release-1-6" on
the ftp site is an unfortunate misnomer, which is perhaps the
biggest problem.)

NetBSD-1.6 is a the name for a snapshot of that branch.

1.6.1 and so forth will *also* be snapshots of netbsd-1-6.

When we fork 1.7, it will fork from HEAD (which we frequently refer
to as -current); netbsd-1-7 will be a wholly separate code branch.

--=20
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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