Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:12 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Thompson, Jimi" <JimiT@mail.cox.smu.edu> Cc: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> Subject: Re: Your 3rd and last chance to help me with vmware Message-ID: <40FEA5CC.6080508@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <4B3F673172B98D449EBCC3BE8316F524041F765A@exch4.elcsb.net> References: <4B3F673172B98D449EBCC3BE8316F524041F765A@exch4.elcsb.net>
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On 7/20/2004 3:45 PM Thompson, Jimi wrote: >FreeBSD has 3 types of distros - "CURRENT", "STABLE", and >"RELEASE". In order of increasing stability, they are: > >"CURRENT" = currently in development (Alpha) and by far the least stable >of the 3 > >"RELEASE" = released to the populous at large (Beta) and fairly stable >but may have some issues > >"STABLE" = well, just that, stable and the production release of the OS > > You've got STABLE and RELEASE mixed-up. STABLE is the beta and RELEASE is production. A RELEASE is a snapshot in the STABLE branch that has been tested and deemed ready for production. STABLE is usually "stable" but is still a development branch and thus, beta. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html HTH, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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