Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:44:12 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Reko Turja <reko.turja@liukuma.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused) Message-ID: <4C0B8A0C.6040903@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <40CB37DD3E994EA1BBEB55E30E9398DD@rivendell> References: <AANLkTilEBUW9ybjB0EiwlFzPLGVK8QreXDJPJKnTN3hX@mail.gmail.com> <4C0B8074.8070004@infracaninophile.co.uk> <40CB37DD3E994EA1BBEB55E30E9398DD@rivendell>
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On 06/06/2010 12:30:53, Reko Turja wrote:
> From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
>> STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is
>> expected to run stably. STABLE generally receives continual fixes and
>> updates, but these will previously have been tested in the bleeding edge
> Isn't STABLE called stable, because the featureset and kernel interface
> is set, the term has nothing to do with stableness of the OS itself.
> Running STABLE is equal to running beta, use at your own risk.
While that is true, the concept of ABI and kernel interface stability as
currently implemented postdates the concept of the -STABLE branches. For
instance, the ABI on the 4.x major branch didn't really stabilize until
4.3-RELEASE.
There is certainly an expectation that -STABLE will run correctly even
though it is a development branch. The project's record on maintaining
that over the years is amazingly good considering.
Still, that is as good an explanation as any I've seen for the name
'STABLE'.
Cheers
Matthew
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