From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 20 12:05:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8992A106568D for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:05:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f206.google.com (mail-bw0-f206.google.com [209.85.218.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 102558FC51 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so3980272bwz.43 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:05:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yTqFQDJcsbVRn6iaFZJAnYwC1qoxfZoL3x8wScNpYws=; b=W7K1oCTvCaqIC5690bzDZzJSV2aqMWfKwjsI3fTwkcMEvHMyBrb5OFFjx32QDiBfV9 HH9/bZJgEGokrHOKwlF75nGbncgmviJJvEuYPqwfwt6QBVvuZx7qjjxUurLO+LY2RS7r HwB31XgU6/UJv5AYfG191WAax2z7n2F0hWsMk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hYqQVseRFADtL/3OyHuJraQAjBJvjlFxjWMhjMzZvsSbuoCbUUdu/Bf4y2+UIF3cMS 0ofMlJgzmfRo6z/nwdLdP6rVKTBXxXrQ5UTDjNfKICye98iRSbo8N4y0QuYIseGNrfXX 7wAlrqs0FOyznzWkBNVUOurInKSZCJkjkIV7o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.68.155 with SMTP id v27mr719730fai.10.1250769927803; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:05:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4A89BD3E.8020804@toyon.com> <4A89CA18.7000506@toyon.com> <4A89D4F9.9020508@toyon.com> <20090818032736.4702f243@gumby.homeunix.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:05:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: RW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:05:29 -0000 On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM, RW wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500 > Andrew Gould 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."