Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:30:36 +0200 From: Jacob Atzen <jacob@aub.dk> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-4.7-Release Message-ID: <20021014133035.GA5694@morpheus.aub.dk> In-Reply-To: <200210141219.08336.bastill@sa.apana.org.au> References: <3DAA2314.5E8974F@adam.com.au> <200210141219.08336.bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 12:19:08PM +0930, Brian Astill wrote: > Why didn't you ask someone near you who uses FreeBSD? :-) > The answer is a FAQ and isn't difficult. > Stable is -well - stable. However there are one or two more things people > want to do/check before releasing a full new version which will be called by > the magic name Release. Some people like to "track" stable, knowing that > they have the latest, greatest, most secure but still stable system at all > times. From <http://www.dk.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html>; 21.2.2.1 What Is FreeBSD-STABLE? "FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made..." And also: 21.2.2.2 Who Needs FreeBSD-STABLE? "For these reasons, we do not recommend that you blindly track FreeBSD-STABLE, and it is particularly important that you do not update any production servers to FreeBSD-STABLE without first thoroughly testing the code in your development environment." That would indicate to me that stable is stable, yet you would want to stick to the releases for production environments. So apparently there are different degrees of stable ;-) Hope this helps. - Jacob Atzen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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