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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500
Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote:

> STABLE is what it sounds like. 

I don't think it is what it sounds like - STABLE branches are
development branches with stable binary interfaces. It's the security
branches that are intended for production use.