From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 8 11:58:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E9CF152B2 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:58:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jesper@skriver.dk) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 924653E33; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:58:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:58:18 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver To: Theo PAGTZIS Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE Message-ID: <19991108205818.A46313@skriver.dk> References: <1218.942090443@cs.ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <1218.942090443@cs.ucl.ac.uk>; from T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk on Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 07:47:23PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 07:47:23PM +0000, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > just a very basic question that would resolve a dispute between colleagues. > > When one talks about Fbsd3.3-STABLE my impression is that such version is a > stage before the Fbsd3.3-RELEASE. In other words the -RELEASE is for the > final version and the -STABLE is the version that is soon (after some further > bug settling) to become -RELEASE. > > Is this the case? Yes and no, -STABLE is just the newest version of the stable branch, a -RELEASE is just a "snapshot" of -STABLE at a certain date. So for the most stable and up to date version, use -STABLE not -RELEASE /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message