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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:14:51 -0500
From:      "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com>
To:        scrappy@hub.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS?
Message-ID:  <F32yELid1epQzz4IXQp00019522@hotmail.com>

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Your question brings up an issue that was talked about several times, and it 
was addressed in the docs and the newsgroup. -STABLE is an engineering 
development branch that is 'more stable' than -CURRENT, but not more stable 
than -RELEASE. -STABLE is NOT for end users/customers for official 
production use (i.e. do so at your own risk).

Some development companies call these 'interim builds' in relation to the 
'alpha->beta->RC1->interim builds and more RCs->FR->RTM' type of cycle. The 
RELEASE maintainers have some docs talking about 'CURRENT->STABLE->RELEASE' 
and how it all works.

As some people commented, -RELEASE is the main starting point for 'loaded' 
production servers. Implement small changes that only resolve a problem your 
having that wasn't fixed in -RELEASE which makes it easier for some people 
to find the problem (easier said than done).

Read the entire section 19.2 (especially section 19.2.2.2) in the FreeBSD 
Handbook.
'19.2.2.1 What Is FreeBSD-STABLE?
FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made. 
Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and with the general 
assumption that they have first gone into FreeBSD-CURRENT first for testing. 
This is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any 
given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for 
any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, 
not a resource for end-users.'

In other words, expect -STABLE not to be as stable as -RELEASE and that 
-STABLE may or may not crash. As a customer, I'd worry more if -RELEASE was 
crashing within less than 30 days on a properly configured system.

-Ken







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