From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 22 10:43:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22113 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 10:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA22106; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 10:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA27624 ; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 10:43:09 -0700 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id PAA17261; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:41:49 GMT Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:41:49 GMT Message-Id: <199606221541.PAA17261@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG CC: Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <17850.835421300@palmer.demon.co.uk> (message from Gary Palmer on Sat, 22 Jun 1996 06:28:20 +0100) Subject: Re: Difference between -stable and -release? Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> Gary Palmer writes: > > -stable is a source tree like -current. 2.1.0-RELEASE was released > from the -stable branch of our source repository. -stable is just a > continuance of that branch past the release. (Are you sure this isn't > in the docs somewhere? I thought I saw it, but can't remember where > now :-( ) It's in the "Advanced Topics" section of the handbook (Chapter 16 in the version at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk