From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jul 13 23: 0:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D407737B400 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (aurora.scoop.co.nz [203.96.152.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB38143E8A for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:00:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6E60Va2089858; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:00:31 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:00:31 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton To: "Tortise@Paradise" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Releases means? In-Reply-To: <1bc401c22af7$2286e630$0900a8c0@P1200n> Message-ID: <20020714175501.P89663-100000@a2.scoop.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Tortise@Paradise wrote: > Hi > I've been trying to sort out which update to download. I seek a stable > version of FreeBSD. Am I correct that of the Current and Stable paths there > are releases for each? ie that there are "Current Releases" and "Stable > Releases"? I have downloaded releng_4_6 in the expectation it is the > Stable Release. Clarity would be appreciated. > With thanks in advance. > David Hingston There is a current branch, and a stable branch, but those are not 'releases'. They're both moving targets which vary rapidly. every so often the stable branch is used to construct a new release. releng_4_6 gives you the latest (at present) stable release plus the critical fixes only. Andrew McNaughton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message