Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:31:04 -0500 From: "Yong Lim" <yong@csfi.com> To: "Steve" <stephen@thedenn.com>, "Freebsd-Newbies (E-mail)" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Current vs. Release vs. Stable Message-ID: <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKAEIACPAA.yong@csfi.com> In-Reply-To: <55E857B71651F848A7852708268C9D161FCD@theloft.thedenn.com>
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Hi Steve, I have read and re-read the subject quite a few times and let me see if this will help. Of course, reading more will help. As you know FreeBSD is at release 4.2 okay. There are changes going into the source as you read this. There are two places that the committers commit their codes; either current or stable branch. The current is the source code for release version 5.0 and stable is for release to 4.3. Basically, release is a snap shot of stable that they and you maybe have tested. The current is pretty exotic stuff while stable is...'stable' and release is just what you can get from CD at freebsdmall.com. You will see suggestions that after you get the CD and installed that you track the stable branch which would go to 4.3 release and you don't have to do another CD install. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Yong -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:05 PM To: Freebsd-Newbies (E-mail) Subject: Current vs. Release vs. Stable OK. I've read a number of documents but it's just not sinking in. I'm hoping that someone can shed some light on this issue for me. What is the difference between the current, release, and stable branches of any given version? thanx in advance. -steve //404b Brain Not Found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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