On 2004.12.03 19:08:14 +0100, ptitoliv wrote: > I have a little question about the UPDATING file on RELENG_5 branch. I > have received a security advisory about procfs for my FreeBSD-STABLE. > While looking the text of this mail, I saw that the UPDATING file was > updating on all RELENG_X.X branches but not in the stable branch. Why not ?
On the development branches (-CURRENT and -STABLE) UPDATING is used for changes which users should be aware since they could cause problems. Security fixes rarely fits this "requirement". On the security / errata branches (RELENG_X_Y) UPDATING is used to document all changes, so people know exactly what to expect, since only very important changes go into those branches. So, in short the reason is that UPDATING has different goals on the different branches. At least I think that is the reason, I'm actually not 100% sure... :-). -- Simon L. Nielsen
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