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@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ If you want to use it in your network, check out download and installation instr If you want to modify VyOS and/or join its development, read on. +VyOS is not new. It is a fork of Vyatta Core that was created when the open source version of it was +discontinued. If you are a Vyatta Core user, you can upgrade your installation to VyOS. + # What is this repository? VyOS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian. Just like any other distribution, it consists of multiple @@ -53,3 +56,19 @@ To build an image, use the following commands: make iso The ./configure script has a number of options that you can see by calling it with --help + +# Development process + +## git branches + +The default branch that contains the most recent VyOS code is called 'current' rather than 'master'. +We know if'ts confusing, but it's not easy to fix. +In a nutshell, the code we inherited from Vyatta Core had its master branch so out of sync with everything +it was beyong any repair. Vyatta developers used to create a new branch not when a release is ready for +code freeze, but rather before starting to work on a new release. +This is hard to change in existing code, so this is just the way it is, for now. + +All new code goes to the 'current' branch. When it's time for a code freeze, a new branch is created +for the release, and new code from 'current' is backported to the release branch as needed. + +For branch naming we use chemical elements (hydrogen, helium, ...). |