From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 18 04:04:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A253E106568B for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:04:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F8E8FC51 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:04:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay15.apple.com (relay15.apple.com [17.128.113.54]) by mail-out3.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFDE6E6FECD; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:46:54 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807136-b7b3cae0000059ab-97-4a8a24290db6 Received: from [17.151.101.208] (Unknown_Domain [17.151.101.208]) (using TLS with cipher AES128-SHA (AES128-SHA/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay15.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id D7.E4.22955.C242A8A4; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4678C560-A518-4A9D-98C4-8864E1AEA2FF@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: RW In-Reply-To: <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:46:48 -0700 References: <4A89BD3E.8020804@toyon.com> <4A89CA18.7000506@toyon.com> <4A89D4F9.9020508@toyon.com> <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAZE= Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:04:49 -0000 On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:27 PM, RW wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500 > Andrew Gould 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. It's reasonable for people who update and build their own software image to do some level of qualification of the result, before deploying this to production systems. Whether you track -STABLE or the security branch for your initial release ought to be determined more by your preferences to minimize the scope of OS updates versus your desire for relevant new functionality. Regards, -- -Chuck