Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:08:34 -0300 (EST) From: Paje da Oca <root@maloca.oca.org.br> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD v3.5!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006232150470.15683-100000@maloca.oca.org.br> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHMELLCCAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
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I must confess that it is not yet clear for me the status of the
different versions of FreeBSD.
For example, there are three `streams`, CURRENT, RELEASE and STABLE,
and there are (now) at least three `main versions`, 3, 4 and 5.
The more confusing issue for me is the existence of a STABLE version
for 3, now 3.5, at the SAME TIME with a STABLE version for 4, shortly
4.1.
On the other side, as several people wrote to this list, version 4
is not *THAT* stable. For example the IDE driver `ad` is incompatible
with older machines.
To summarize my doubts:
- Is there any policy of backwards compatibility in the development
of FreeBSD?
- Having, as now, two `stable` versions, how to decide on which of
them is more stable?
Thanks for any light ...
Leonardo
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