From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 18 18:51:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6405837B747 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:51:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA56006; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:51:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:51:26 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Arcady Genkin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is 4 STABLE yet? Message-ID: <20000418215126.C55844@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <878zybxsyp.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <878zybxsyp.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>; from a.genkin@utoronto.ca on Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 12:41:02PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message