From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 14:58:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 2E71A16A421 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:58:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7737C43D49 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:58:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jA8EwN38016338; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:58:23 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jA8EwNve016337; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:58:23 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511081458.jA8EwNve016337@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lists@servingpeace.com (Sam Nilsson) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:58:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <437033AD.3050803@servingpeace.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ansar Mohammed , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release vs Stable vs Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:58:25 -0000 > > 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" >