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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:52:57 -0700
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Jon Eckhardt <jonathan@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20000614175257.A91004@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006141936500.1746-100000@rac6.wam.umd.edu>; from jonathan@wam.umd.edu on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 07:37:40PM -0400
References:  <20000614131310.A88665@wopr.caltech.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006141936500.1746-100000@rac6.wam.umd.edu>

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On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 07:37:40PM -0400, Jon Eckhardt wrote:

> My confusion.   I would like to install a reliable version
> at home.  Should I track the stable branch instead of starting
> with 4.0 release?

They are both extremely reliable.  For a new installation, I would
go with 4.0 as it will be supported for much longer.  3.5 will be
the last release of 3-STABLE and is targeted more for sites running
3.x than new installs.

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/           * intellect. -J.R. Mashey


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