From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 14:50: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shell2.la.best.com (shell2.la.best.com [209.24.216.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561D9157A0 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nugundam@shell2.la.best.com) Received: (from nugundam@localhost) by shell2.la.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.sh) id OAA27899; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:48:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19990319144842.A27151@la.best.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:48:42 -0800 From: "Joseph T. Lee" To: Brett Glass , Greg Lehey , Ben Smithurst Cc: Dan Busarow , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of FreeBSD-STABLE (was: Oddity in name resolution) References: <4.1.19990318210045.03f2e1a0@localhost> <4.1.19990318110122.03f07330@localhost> <4.1.19990317220420.03f15d50@localhost> <4.1.19990318110122.03f07330@localhost> <19990318232625.A62933@scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.1.19990318210045.03f2e1a0@localhost> <19990319155931.V429@lemis.com> <4.1.19990319034914.00c485b0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990319034914.00c485b0@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 03:57:53AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 03:57:53AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > On a daily basis, -STABLE versions might not even compile, or so > says the Handbook! So, we stick with -RELEASE versions, plus patches > which are known to be both necessary and good. As I remember, the handbook says so of -current not compiling, not -stable. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current.html Stable is stable is production at anytime. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook269.html#589 -- Joseph nugundam =best=com==/==\=IIGS=/==\=Playstation=/==\=Civic HX CVT=/==\ # Anime Expo 1998 >> www.anime-expo.org/ > # Redline Games >> www.redlinegames.com/ > # Cal-Animage Epsilon >> www.best.com/~nugundam/epsilon/ > # EX: The Online World of Anime & Manga >> www.ex.org/ / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message