Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys param.h

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From
David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Date
26 Jun 2002 09:46:10
Subject
Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys param.h
Message-ID
20020626094525.C49377@dragon.nuxi.com


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On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:37:36AM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> > -#define __FreeBSD_version 460001
> > +#define __FreeBSD_version 460100
> >
> > why is this not "460002"?
>
> ``Just in case.''
>
> RELENG_4_6 may need its own namespace for __FreeBSD_version, if
> commits are made there that break source or binary compatibility.
> This Should Not Happen. There was debate whether this would ever be
> useful. In the end, it was deemed to cause no harm and leave a little
> room if we are ever backed into a corner.

Please document in porters-handbook <sect1 id="freebsd-versions">, that
on the RELENG_X branch we go from 0000->0100 on 1st bump and 00?? is the
RELENG_X_Y name space. Otherwise expect 470000->470001 on RELENG_4 if
the first bump is not for security reasons (or S.O. forgets).

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