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Date:      Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:23:47 +0100
From:      Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
To:        Brian Li <brian_li@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using CVSup
Message-ID:  <Pn5X6nBzFLV9Ew2s@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <OE60NcMtLoOnY3aFgrj00007d69@hotmail.com>
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Someone, quite probably Brian Li, once wrote:
>I am new to FreeBSD. I am still confuse with the naming convention. Stable
>should be more stable than regular release. Howvever, according to the
>handbook, it seems like it is not the case. Then why call it stable?

-stable is the stable development branch.  Basically this means the
FreeBSD team will go to extra lengths to avoid breaking things.  The
essential aspects of the OS are stable in that they won't make radical
changes which are likely to cause anyone serious problems.  Hence the
configuration/development is stable.

Kevin
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kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk

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