Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:08:31 +0200 From: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil To: TM4526@aol.com, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: difference between releases Message-ID: <CE2BFBAA80DD874BB737A4E2C53AA44903B019F8@CG69UBD01>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: TM4526@aol.com [mailto:TM4526@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:56 PM > To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: difference between releases > > > In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, > keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes: > >Releases are fixed points in time. They are marked on their > respective > branch > >of development and that's it. A x.y-RELEASE version is > effectively a > symbolic > >name for a specific moment in time. > Wow, thats what a "snapshot" used to be. How discouraging. A -RELEASE is a specific point in time when the code is deemed ready. Afterwards it goes back into development until the next -RELEASE. Between is snapshots of usually STABLE code.
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