Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:55:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> To: Time <dan@tictactoe.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD releases Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000727202900.20398C-100000@utah> In-Reply-To: <KNEMIPLKGHMGJFKHBAHOKEFECAAA.dan@tictactoe.com>
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Time wrote: > I have been trying to get a ISO cd image of FreeBSD 4.0 stable, i went to > releng4.freebsd.org and i found the latest version (4.0-20000727-STABLE) but > i cant find a cd image of it anywhere, is FreeBSD 4.1 Release will be available soon. > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.0/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.0-install.iso > the same as the aforementioned directoy on releng4.freebsd.org?? > if so it would be nice to have a more descriptive name for the iso image > (like 4.0-200000727-stable.iso) or something. You have a misunderstanding of how we do things. Stable is not made into an ISO image. To use stable you update your source code via cvsup. What you saw (4.0-20000727-STABLE) was a snapshot. The snapshot is merely a frozen code base made on a given day. ISOs of snapshots are not made. > Also, from what i see from looking at the ftp server, there are 3 > versions of freebsd currently in development - 3.5, 4.2, and 5.0. Why? > is the point here so we can catch up to redhat's version number or > something?? this many current versions seems more confusing than > necessary to me. First off, the numbers have nothing to do with any other version of anything produces by anyone else. FreeBSD is very much its own animal. Again, it is a matter of understanding how FreeBSD is developed. There are two main branches of development. There is -current and -stable. It is important to understand that these are development branches and NOT numbered releases per se. 3.5 is the last release of the 3.X line. The 3.X line is no longer under development as we have just released version 4.X. The 4.X line springs from the -stable development branch. Version 4.1 was just released yesterday. Version 4.2 will spring from -stable when the time comes. Version 5.0 will spring from -current when the time comes. Before you say, "Why is it complicated?" You ask your question at the very moment when one line (3.X) dies, one is going ahead full steam (4.X), and the other was just born (5.X). Normally you will just see two lines. Read "Staying Stable" on the website if you want to run -stable. -stable is not for the timid or the uninformed. Read the docs before you choose it. Thank you, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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