Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:05:27 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <d356c5630908200505w4624f0b8of3d177946121cc7e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4A89BD3E.8020804@toyon.com> <d356c5630908171342m4c8469dcw6a64c5d2a5990457@mail.gmail.com> <4A89CA18.7000506@toyon.com> <A1943023-5226-47E0-AB2F-B72814260687@mac.com> <4A89D4F9.9020508@toyon.com> <d356c5630908171541k3c116224g30ee6631278c7748@mail.gmail.com> <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM, RW<rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500 > Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote: > >> STABLE is what it sounds like. > > I don't think it is what it sounds like - STABLE branches are > development branches with stable binary interfaces. It's the security > branches that are intended for production use. > From: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide/index.html "During the lifetime of each major release, an individual branch may also be termed STABLE. This indicates that the FreeBSD Project believes that the branch is of sufficiently proven quality to be used by a wide range of users. Branches that need further testing before being widely adopted are named CURRENT."
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