Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:17:26 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Larry Hawk <tymbrwlf@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Which version should I download? Message-ID: <XFMail.990323071726.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <36F701A5.5D0FBD50@bellsouth.net>
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On 23-Mar-99 Larry Hawk wrote: > I'm relatively new to FreeBSD ( < 1 yr), and I thought I understood the > whole -stable & -release thing but I seem to have become re-confused > with the 3.1 release. Could someone please explain it to me? I've been > messing around with FreeBSD off and on since 2.2.5. Which version should > I download (i.e. 2.2.8-Release, 2.2.8-Stable, 3.1-Release, or > 3.1-Stable)? Please clear this up for a poor, lonesome, downtrodden > Windows NT Admin. (I'm trying to reform, honest...) Last year active development took place on 3.x (CURRENT) while 2.2.x was stabilized and RELEASEd. Last November, I think, marked the day that we RELEASEd 3.0 and was the end of the 2.2.x line in December/Junuary after releasing 2.2.8 and some STABLE things. Now, currently, active development takes place on 4.x (CURRENT) and the currently supported version (in words of providing features and bugfixes from 4.x back to 3.x) is 3.x. So get 3.1 and when ye feel confident with 3.1 and know how to cvsup I can recommend 3(.1)-STABLE. If ye can get STABLE from start, do that. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <http://www.freebsdzine.org>; asmodai(at)wxs.nl The idea does not replace the work... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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