Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:01:12 -0800 From: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Am I Right about Stable VS Point Message-ID: <438DE8E8.1050906@calarts.edu>
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I have read the FreeBSD Handbook Chapter 20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html I understand what FreeBSD-Current is. FreeBSD-Stable is a little fogy for me. Here is what I found and I think. quote "FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made. Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and with the general assumption that they have first gone into FreeBSD-CURRENT for testing. This is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users." So "Stable" is not really "Stable" it is still a branch for development and security fixes that go into "Point Releases". Which means "Point Releases" are the real true "Stable" area. Right? So when I need a security update I should CVSup the tag line should be RELENG_6_0 for the real stable version, also includes bug and security fixes. RELENG_6 for the "Stable" but development line. (which i should not use) Am I Correct?
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