Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:30 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <20090820163130.55f86ce1@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630908200505w4624f0b8of3d177946121cc7e@mail.gmail.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> <d356c5630908200505w4624f0b8of3d177946121cc7e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:05:27 -0500 Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Right, sufficiently proven quality to be used by a wide range of users for beta testing. I'm not saying that the stable branches shouldn't be used for production use, just that it's inadvisable to use them without a clear understanding of the reason why.
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