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> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <3D54162F.1000502@xmission.com> <3D541E31.C8A0EB52@pantherdragon.org> <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 -- kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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