Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:15:00 +0100 From: Nils Vogels <nivo+sender+6075ff@yuckfou.org> To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying current with 4.9 - which supfile? Message-ID: <3FBE3A04.1030400@yuckfou.org> In-Reply-To: <20031121152948.GB2960@athena.oekb.co.at> References: <20031121112758.GA2960@athena.oekb.co.at> <20031121135155.GC81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031121152948.GB2960@athena.oekb.co.at>
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a@jenisch.at wrote: >But how - if at all - does "CURRENT" come in? Or does "CURRENT" wrt my >installed 4.9 only relate to 5.x? > > > CURRENT is the development version of FreeBSD, basically for developers only, those who want to test the finest and newest options, and do not fear a complete systems failure from time to time (CURRENT does not always compile, and when it compiles, it may be unstable) CURRENT is only in 5.x present, since 4.x is a stable branch by now. Sometimes really nifty features from CURRENT are migrated into STABLE (and thus eventually in RELEASE) after careful testing. HTH & HAND
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