Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:32:50 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade Question Message-ID: <20061122213250.GA52848@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <op.tjfrizzkt4j7n6@localhost.cpcnw.co.uk> References: <op.tjfrizzkt4j7n6@localhost.cpcnw.co.uk>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:05:13PM -0000, Graham Bentley wrote: > >You've confused STABLE with RELEASE. 6.2 has not reached RELEASE. > >6-STABLE is the latest "these changes worked fine in CURRENT (right now, > >aka 7) and have been MFCed (merged from current) so that more people can > >try them out", which right now corresponds to the version of FreeBSDthat > >is just about to be released which also happens to be called6.2-RC1 > >(release candidate 1)). When 6.2 is ready to go, a new RELEASEbranch is > >created (6.2-RELEASE) which only gets security fixes. > > So, if I want the 'latest version' that 'isnt a work in progress' (or at > least tested > to the point where it is know to be working correctly in the majority of > scenarios) > always use the RELEASE branches ? Then use something like RELENG_6 or RELENG_6_1 That will get you the release plus security updates. I think the RELENG_6 will include stuff from 6.2 as soon as it is merged. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > 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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