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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:35:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Josh Emmons <skia@tcsnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.2 STABLE?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901223416.3114C-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <3409C55D.E3930803@sjca.edu>

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On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Josh Emmons wrote:

> The release page at `http://www.freebsd.com/releases/index.html' makes
> the folloring announcement:
> 
> o Release 2.2.2 RELEASE (May, 1997)
>   Release Notes : Errata List.
>   This latest release from our FreeBSD-stable branch is also available.
>   Please see Getting FreeBSD for details.
> 
> Now it calls the release `2.2.2-RELEASE' but it says it is the latest
> from the STABLE branch.
> I though I was following the stable branch, but I haven't seen anything
> about 2.2.2 going stable.
> Did I miss it?  Is is stable now?

2.2.2 was always along the 2.2-STABLE track.  The -STABLE designation
means that the line has been well tested in production though various
versions and changes that are to be made should be well tested in
-CURRENT.  The -STABLE branch itself is continually in development;
current snapshots can be retrieved from releng22.freebsd.org.  There will
be a 2.2.5-RELEASE that will be based on this branch.  

Hope this helps; the web pages do a better job of explaining the various
branches.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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