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From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

> STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is
> expected to run stably.  STABLE generally receives continual fixes=20
> and
> updates, but these will previously have been tested in the bleeding=20
> edge
Isn't STABLE called stable, because the featureset and kernel=20
interface is set, the term has nothing to do with stableness of the OS=20
itself. Running STABLE is equal to running beta, use at your own risk.

-Reko=20