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Subject: Am I Right about Stable VS Point
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I have read the FreeBSD Handbook Chapter 20

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html

	I understand what FreeBSD-Current is.

	FreeBSD-Stable is a little fogy for me.  Here is what I found and I think.

quote "FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major 
releases are made.  Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and 
with the general assumption that they have first gone into 
FreeBSD-CURRENT for testing.  This is still a development branch, 
however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for 
FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It 
is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for 
end-users."

	So "Stable" is not really "Stable" it is still a branch for development 
and security fixes that go into "Point Releases".  Which means "Point 
Releases" are the real true "Stable" area. Right?

So when I need a security update I should CVSup the tag line should be

RELENG_6_0 for the real stable version, also includes bug and security 
fixes.

RELENG_6 for the "Stable" but development line. (which i should not use)

Am I Correct?