Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:58:23 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lists@servingpeace.com (Sam Nilsson) Cc: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release vs Stable vs Current Message-ID: <200511081458.jA8EwNve016337@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <437033AD.3050803@servingpeace.com>
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> > Ansar Mohammed wrote: > > Has the terminology for "production ready" FreeBSD changed? > > > > Is FreeBSD Release now considered Stable? > > I don't think so, no. "Stable" refers to the branch of development from > which Production releases are made. Right now that is the FreeBSD 6 > branch. Future point releases of FreeBSD 6 will be made from the Stable > branch until the time that FreeBSD 6 becomes a legacy release. Unfortunately, I think the word "stable" is getting used in a different way in the question and the answer. Releases are stable in the generic sense of the word - they are thought to be reliable and fixed in to a particular condition, not fluctuating with development. But STABLE as a "version" I think really means a particular snapshot along the way. Things are not necessarily frozen in to a version for that particular snapshot. It is kind of up to you to make sure all the ports and such that you need work with it. It becomes a RELEASE when a particular stable snapshot is fixed as a release and everything frozen long enough to get it all brought to that specific working version. So, in a sense RELEASE is more stable than STABLE. Or, at least, it is more complete. This may be fudging the explanation a little. Someone else might be able to correct it or make a better explanation. ////jerry > > - Sam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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