Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:51:26 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is 4 STABLE yet? Message-ID: <20000418215126.C55844@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <878zybxsyp.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>; from a.genkin@utoronto.ca on Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 12:41:02PM -0400 References: <878zybxsyp.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 12:41:02PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> At ftp.freebsd.org FreeBSD-stable still points to 3.4. However, I have
> read this on one of my mailing lists:
>
> ,----[ uname -a ]
> | FreeBSD matador.mtwd1.on.wave.home.com 4.0-STABLE FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #1:
> | Tue Apr 18 03:39:59 EDT 2000
> `----
>
> So, is 4.0 STABLE yet or not?
There has been a 'STABLE' branch of 4.0 since the day there was a
'RELEASE' version.
'STABLE' is simply the branch of FreeBSD development that incorporates
minor fixes an improvements to the 'RELEASE' of same number. It is not
a claim that the OS is now officially "stable," whatever that might
mean.
http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE
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Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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