Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:06:57 +0000 From: Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <CAEJNuHzD5xq9-BXn4UkfoqpL2rauxXWzbBD07fRrLVsKH1hmGw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D94A0D2A-1152-4F96-B247-AC80415B1E22@yuripv.me> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <20200218091959.b0220ac75bcfbbced91a5708@sohara.org> <CAFYkXjmWBUDyV3XKL1qwt=g0AUgDttDfOB6euKqJMAmOs-1Prw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2D4Dyq6P6sZZ70R1cG%2BNoVcv808sbQeSWTzTrNELnH8ew@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjk=rpp_8nD=xGirghCLouRAsC-N%2BJJppMKDQN0aGKnKDw@mail.gmail.com> <D2835D98-3303-4DE7-A98D-82035535E18B@yuripv.me> <CAEJNuHycWihEj0_61bW2WBBU3vWmqQHKWKd3DqCXtLAD%2BWof5A@mail.gmail.com> <D94A0D2A-1152-4F96-B247-AC80415B1E22@yuripv.me>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 08:57, Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> wrote: > > On 19 Feb 2020, at 11:52, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > > To a beginner and uninitiated like me, the way FreeBSD labels > "stable", "release", "releng" and "current" is, at the very least, > confusing. > > > Thankfully, it is documented: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html. Yes, it is, but one has to go to chapter 24 of the handbook to understand how it works. This should be at the very beginning and explained in simpler terms. Of course, based on the assumption that you want to new users to use FreeBSD, but if you want to keep the base small, it's fine just like that. -- Ottavio Caruso
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