From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 14 7: 1:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 058E237B401; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:01:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A1143E42; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:01:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id gAEF1eG18646; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:01:40 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200211141501.gAEF1eG18646@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: make buildkernel says device atapicam is unknown!!?? To: adamw@FreeBSD.ORG (Adam Weinberger) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:01:40 -0500 (EST) Cc: bsdterm@HotPOP.com (E.S.), kstewart@owt.com (Kent Stewart), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021114083247.GH18778@vectors.cx> from "Adam Weinberger" at Nov 14, 2002 12:32:48 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > >> (11.14.2002 @ 0019 PST): E.S. said, in 4.8K: << > > I've considered it, but isn't -STABLE a bit less stable than -RELEASE, > > since the source in it is newer? > > - -RELEASE is just a snapshot of -STABLE at a specific point in time. In > general, -STABLE is supposed to remain stable enough to be a -RELEASE at > nearly any given point in time. Theoretically. Sortof. > > I have *never* had -STABLE not boot up for me, or cause the massive > experimental problems that one might associate with -CURRENT. > > /Adam Guess I will dip my oar in here and take this further off topic. It is something I wonder about a lot because we build a package of stuff based on FreeBSD and send it out to our user sites. I understand that when a '-RELEASE' is made, extra special care is taken to make sure EVERYTHING is up-to-date as far as it can go. This includes even the ports tree and hoping the ports supporters check their stuff. So, although I believe that changes in -STABLE are tested and seen as reliable and secure, I take -RELEASE to be more complete than -STABLE. How far off am I? ////jerry > > - -- > Adam Weinberger > adam@vectors.cx > adamw@FreeBSD.ORG > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message