Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:14:49 -0700 From: Thimble Smith <tim@desert.net> To: Broderick Wood <bwood@KingsU.ab.ca>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? Message-ID: <19990525151449.F275@desert.net> In-Reply-To: <199905251718.LAA77623@mark.kingsu.ab.ca>; from Broderick Wood on Tue, May 25, 1999 at 11:18:36AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905250922001.21875-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> <199905251530.RAA15405@yedi.iaf.nl> <199905251718.LAA77623@mark.kingsu.ab.ca>
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On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 11:18:36AM -0600, Broderick Wood wrote: > In my mind simple logic dictates that -RELEASE means latest > version, kind of like Win2000. Not quite. At the time of release, -RELEASE and -STABLE are identical. Every effort is made to make sure that the release will work on a wide variety of hardware and configurations. A -RELEASE is packaged to make it easy to distribute and install; so, it can't be updated. -STABLE continues to be updated with well-tested fixes. The "latest version" of FreeBSD is called -CURRENT. It is not for the general public to use. It is important to realize that the -RELEASE is NOT the "latest" (implying "untested," "beta,") version. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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