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Thomas Lau <lkthomas@hkicable.com> types:
> What's different between snapshot and normal release?

Nothing. A normal release *is* a snapshot of -stable. Go read the FAQ
on the subject.

	<mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Mike Meyer
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:33 AM
> To: Tian Siyuan
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: [none]
> 
> Tian Siyuan <tsy@iist.unu.edu> types:
> > I am trying FreeBSD 4.3-RC2. So what does this RC-2 mean? Can I use it
> as
> > a production system?
> 
> It means they are very close to releasing a snapshot of the system as
> a -RELEASE. You can get details from the FreeBSD FAQ, under "system
> administration." And lots of people use this on production systems, me
> among them.
> 
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