Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:49:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Todd Robinson <todd@webpath.net> To: Brian Li <brian_li@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <20020810134218.F26602-100000@localhost.webpath.net> In-Reply-To: <OE15hkkeIBbT34IrPzq00007f71@hotmail.com>
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A "Release" may not be as stable as the latest updates to the -stable branch. By example there were a few "issues" when 4.6 came out and a few weeks later things were much better. On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Brian Li wrote: > Does it mean that I should use "Stable" in production environement rather > than using "Release" version? Thanks for the suggestion in advance. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Golding" <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> > To: "Brian Li" <brian_li@hotmail.com> > Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:23 PM > Subject: Re: Using CVSup > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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