From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 23 5: 6:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from landhaus.consult-meyers.com (dialup-57-139.dplanet.ch [212.35.57.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B6C37B406 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from a.l.meyers@consult-meyers.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.consult-meyers.com [127.0.0.1]) by landhaus.consult-meyers.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f6NC5u112984; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:05:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from a.l.meyers@consult-meyers.com) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:05:55 +0200 (CEST) From: "A. L. Meyers" To: Max Khon Cc: Subject: Re: is "stable" "stable"? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010723140335.S99402-100000@localhost.consult-meyers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Max Khon wrote: > hi, there! > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, A. L. Meyers wrote: > > > Well, Steve, at least someone understood my posting as I meant > > it. Thanks! > > > > A comparison: > > Debian GNU/Linux has 3 trees: 1. stable 2. testing 3. unstable > > > > "stable" there means exactly what it says. Although breaks are > > not non-existent, they are extremely rare (never experienced one > > personally, changes were security fixes). > > that's what for RELENG_4_3 branch was created > (4.3-RELEASE + security fixes). When FreeBSD 4.4 will be out RELENG_4_4 > branch will also be created for security fixes > > /fjoe > > Max, do you suggest that if someone wants "stable-stable" not just "stable" he should cvsup RELENG_4_3 instead of RELENG_4? Lucien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message