From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 00:24:54 2006 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 AEAB116A401 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from smtpout.eastlink.ca (smtpout.eastlink.ca [24.222.0.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E90643D45 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:24:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from ip04.eastlink.ca ([24.222.10.20]) by mta01.eastlink.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.03 (built Sep 22 2005)) with ESMTP id <0IZ000FMMX5VMAZ0@mta01.eastlink.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 21:25:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from blk-224-199-230.eastlink.ca (HELO [192.168.0.103]) ([24.224.199.230]) by ip04.eastlink.ca with ESMTP; Tue, 09 May 2006 21:24:53 -0300 Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 21:23:58 -0300 From: Duane Whitty To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <4461329E.5030507@greenmeadow.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060503) Subject: Understanding The FreeBSD Version Labels [RFC] 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: Wed, 10 May 2006 00:24:54 -0000 Hi, I've written an article trying to explain the FreeBSD version labels, CURRENT, STABLE, and RELEASE. This article, of course, is aimed at newcomers to FreeBSD. The article is here http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases For anyone who can time find to read it I would appreciate any comments, feedback. constructive criticism, etc. Thanks in advance, Duane Whitty -- duane@greenmeadow.ca or duane@dwlabs.ca