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# 4 Post `RELENG_5` direction

The focus should be bug fixes and incremental improvements, as with all the -STABLE development branches. Following the usual procedure, everything should be vetted through the `HEAD` branch first and committed to `RELENG_5` with caution. New device drivers, incremental features, etc, will be welcome in the branch once they have been tested in `HEAD` and found stable enough.

Further SMPng lockdowns will be divided into two categories: driver and subsystem. The only subsystem that will be sufficiently locked down for `RELENG_5` will be GEOM, so incrementally locking down device drivers under it is a worthy goal for the branch. Full subsystem lockdowns will have to be fully tested and proven in `HEAD` before consideration will be given to merging them into `RELENG_5`.

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