Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:17:54 -0700 From: "Brian Li" <brian_li@hotmail.com> To: "Kevin Golding" <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <OE15hkkeIBbT34IrPzq00007f71@hotmail.com> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <3D54162F.1000502@xmission.com> <3D541E31.C8A0EB52@pantherdragon.org> <OE60NcMtLoOnY3aFgrj00007d69@hotmail.com> <Pn5X6nBzFLV9Ew2s@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
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Does it mean that I should use "Stable" in production environement rather than using "Release" version? Thanks for the suggestion in advance. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Golding" <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> To: "Brian Li" <brian_li@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:23 PM Subject: Re: Using CVSup > Someone, quite probably Brian Li, once wrote: > >I am new to FreeBSD. I am still confuse with the naming convention. Stable > >should be more stable than regular release. Howvever, according to the > >handbook, it seems like it is not the case. Then why call it stable? > > -stable is the stable development branch. Basically this means the > FreeBSD team will go to extra lengths to avoid breaking things. The > essential aspects of the OS are stable in that they won't make radical > changes which are likely to cause anyone serious problems. Hence the > configuration/development is stable. > > Kevin > -- > kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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