From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 14:46:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2367C16A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:46:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vfemail.net (miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net [216.170.248.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA2543D41 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:46:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lute@vfemail.net) Received: (qmail 67072 invoked by uid 85); 5 Dec 2004 14:46:37 -0000 Received: from lute@vfemail.net by mail.vfemail.net by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.75.1. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:. Processed in 0.03664 secs); 05 Dec 2004 14:46:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO agnes.myhome.net) (lute@vfemail.net@63.229.187.130) by miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net with SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 14:46:37 -0000 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 08:46:37 -0600 From: Lute Mullenix To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041205084637.0e830d1b@agnes.myhome.net> In-Reply-To: <41B23F3E.4060400@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> References: <41B23F3E.4060400@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Main differences between RELEASE_X and RELEASE_X_Y branches X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 14:46:39 -0000 On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:50:38 +0100 ptitoliv insisted: > Hi everybody, > > I am writing this mail in this mailing list because I would like to have > > more information about the main differences between a RELEASE branch > and the STABLE branch. More precisely, I would want to now what is the > interest to use a RELEASE in stead of STABLE branch. > > Thank you for your answers. > > Best Regards, > Ptitoliv Well to the best of my knowledge, while STABLE is "stable" it is still in development, which means there could be occasional glitches that need ironed out. RELEASE is the branch that is the most tried and true. Occasional security and bug updates but ready for public consumption. I personally stick with RELEASE as it has the new features, and is less likely to have unexpected results. -- Lute It's OK to be different FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE