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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:01:49 -0500
From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca>
To: "Robert H. Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE vs RELENG_4_8
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On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Robert H. Perry wrote:
> I'm upgrading from 4.7 RELEASE and intended to build and install 4.8 
> RELEASE.  It was recommended that I consider RELENG_4_8 because it 
> contained some 13 security fixes.  I came across a CVS website 
> indicating that the code was for security advisories  and other 
> seriously critical fixes.   Does this mean that RELENG_4_8 does not have 
> all of the code as RELEASE 4.8?  Is it any more or less stable?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Bob

RELENG_4_8 contains the same code as RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE with the necessary
changes to fix the security bugs that were discovered after 4.8 was Released.

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Jeremy Faulkner			http://www.gldis.ca