Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:53:28 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: HighWind Software Information <info@highwind.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 vs 4.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902031314420.47407-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199902031748.MAA25858@highwind.com>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, HighWind Software Information wrote: > Can someone summarize the difference and locations between all these > things? Think of it as a tree where the trunk is -current and branches are -stable. There is only one -current but potentally many -stables. Each release with a new major version number creates a new branch. Old branches, starved for light, eventually wither and die. current | | | stable | | | 3.1 | | stable | / | | / 2.2.8 | / | |/ 2.2.7 | 3.0 | | 2.2.6 | | | \ | 2.1 \ | \ | \| 2.0 | | 2.2.8-release is (supposedly) the end of the line for the 2.2 branch of FreeBSD but critical bugs continue to be fixed and they show up in the 2.2.8-stable branch. You can get binary "snapshots" of this branch to pick up the bug fixes, or you can get the source and "make world" to get them. Call 2.2.8-stable the "trailing edge". 3.0-stable is is the actively maintained stable branch from which the next release (3.1) will come. The primary activity on this--or any stable branch--is bug fixes rather than new features, although new features will appear over time. Call 3.0-stable the "cutting edge". There is only one -current at any given time and the version number just indicates what the next major release will be. Since there is only one, it is usually just called "-current" and this is where exciting new features and bugs are introduced to FreeBSD. Call -current the "bleeding edge". > Is it still true that "2.2.8" is the thing that folks get when they go > to the www.freebsd.org website and grab the "the latest stable thing"? Speaking only for myself, I'd say that is correct. Once 3.1 comes out, then I would say 3.1 is "the latest stable thing". I'm not sure that *any* dot zero release should be considered stable. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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