Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:53:28 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: HighWind Software Information <info@highwind.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 vs 4.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902031314420.47407-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199902031748.MAA25858@highwind.com>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, HighWind Software Information wrote:
> Can someone summarize the difference and locations between all these
> things?
Think of it as a tree where the trunk is -current and branches are
-stable. There is only one -current but potentally many -stables.
Each release with a new major version number creates a new branch.
Old branches, starved for light, eventually wither and die.
current
|
|
| stable
| |
| 3.1
| |
stable | /
| | /
2.2.8 | /
| |/
2.2.7 | 3.0
| |
2.2.6 |
| |
\ |
2.1 \ |
\ |
\|
2.0 |
|
2.2.8-release is (supposedly) the end of the line for the 2.2
branch of FreeBSD but critical bugs continue to be fixed and they
show up in the 2.2.8-stable branch. You can get binary
"snapshots" of this branch to pick up the bug fixes, or you can
get the source and "make world" to get them.
Call 2.2.8-stable the "trailing edge".
3.0-stable is is the actively maintained stable branch from which the
next release (3.1) will come. The primary activity on this--or any
stable branch--is bug fixes rather than new features, although new
features will appear over time.
Call 3.0-stable the "cutting edge".
There is only one -current at any given time and the version number
just indicates what the next major release will be. Since there is
only one, it is usually just called "-current" and this is where
exciting new features and bugs are introduced to FreeBSD.
Call -current the "bleeding edge".
> Is it still true that "2.2.8" is the thing that folks get when they go
> to the www.freebsd.org website and grab the "the latest stable thing"?
Speaking only for myself, I'd say that is correct. Once 3.1
comes out, then I would say 3.1 is "the latest stable thing".
I'm not sure that *any* dot zero release should be considered
stable.
-john
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