From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 13 23:49:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from monica.et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de (monica.et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de [193.175.197.63]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB144024 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:49:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de (reserve.et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de [193.175.197.95] (may be forged)) by monica.et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA03368 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:50:07 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de [127.0.0.1]) by musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA01869 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:49:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hank@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de) Message-Id: <200002140749.IAA01869@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-ge.de> From: gouders@et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Difference between RELEASE and VERSION Reply-To: gouders@et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:49:25 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I'd like to ask a native English speaker for an explanation of the difference between the terms "release" and "version". The reason for my question is that I am working on a translation and I am not sure if I should translate these terms into German (which would probably result in the same German word) or if I should keep the English words in order not to drop subtle nuances. Thanks, Dirk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message