From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 25 15:15: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from tim.Desert.NET (tim.Desert.NET [207.182.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD35150AF for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 15:14:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@tim.Desert.NET) Received: (from tim@localhost) by tim.Desert.NET (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA00549; Tue, 25 May 1999 15:14:49 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19990525151449.F275@desert.net> Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:14:49 -0700 From: Thimble Smith To: Broderick Wood , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? References: <199905251530.RAA15405@yedi.iaf.nl> <199905251718.LAA77623@mark.kingsu.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <199905251718.LAA77623@mark.kingsu.ab.ca>; from Broderick Wood on Tue, May 25, 1999 at 11:18:36AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 11:18:36AM -0600, Broderick Wood wrote: > In my mind simple logic dictates that -RELEASE means latest > version, kind of like Win2000. Not quite. At the time of release, -RELEASE and -STABLE are identical. Every effort is made to make sure that the release will work on a wide variety of hardware and configurations. A -RELEASE is packaged to make it easy to distribute and install; so, it can't be updated. -STABLE continues to be updated with well-tested fixes. The "latest version" of FreeBSD is called -CURRENT. It is not for the general public to use. It is important to realize that the -RELEASE is NOT the "latest" (implying "untested," "beta,") version. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message