Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:22 +0000 From: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <01022719292200.00371@siamese.local>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Bruce A. Mah" wrote: > To rephrase this: -STABLE is one of the development tracks (for > example, 4-STABLE). The different -RELEASEs are points along a stable > development track after which some testing and quality assurance has > been done. > > The term "4.2-STABLE" refers to the state of FreeBSD 4-STABLE at some > time after 4.2-RELEASE, but it doesn't necessary pinpoint any > particular snapshot. In a similar vein - when does 4-STABLE become 5-STABLE? Is it when The Powers That Be decide that -CURRENT is stable enough to make a -STABLE branch? -- C-YA Jon <http://www.witchspace.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?01022719292200.00371>