Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 19:17:31 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <20200518191731.80bda3b8f1bf183791f27bb6@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <2C311DED-DF68-4BEB-B322-4468CB5AB31E@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <20200218091959.b0220ac75bcfbbced91a5708@sohara.org> <CAFYkXjmWBUDyV3XKL1qwt=g0AUgDttDfOB6euKqJMAmOs-1Prw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2D4Dyq6P6sZZ70R1cG%2BNoVcv808sbQeSWTzTrNELnH8ew@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjk=rpp_8nD=xGirghCLouRAsC-N%2BJJppMKDQN0aGKnKDw@mail.gmail.com> <D2835D98-3303-4DE7-A98D-82035535E18B@yuripv.me> <CAEJNuHycWihEj0_61bW2WBBU3vWmqQHKWKd3DqCXtLAD%2BWof5A@mail.gmail.com> <355B9AC5-84F8-48A3-ABD2-14B43AECC9D7@kreme.com> <20200516204553.a317afe4.freebsd@edvax.de> <2C311DED-DF68-4BEB-B322-4468CB5AB31E@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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On Sat, 16 May 2020 13:12:37 -0700 Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > > [...] > > I started using FreeBSD somewhere between 2.5 and 2.7 and I remember > the confusion of those "labels". Yes the information is there, but > it's not obvious to the new user. I was running production systems > and the name "stable" seemed like the right one. However, the > descriptions made me think that perhaps that was not the right > choice. I finally settled on "release" but it was quite a difficult > decision. After many discussions on this mailing list, I finally > understood the differences. I still find the names misleading, but I > can work with them. I do feel for anyone new to FreeBSD trying to > figure that out. It might be "obvious" to those who know, but it's > not for others. > > -- Doug How stable is *-STABLE? The closer it is to *-RELEASE perhaps? In my limited experience (a few dozen instances) since about 4.3 or 4.4, not once can I remember having to fall back to *-RELEASE. This is not to challenege the expertise of people on this list or the sound advice of the Handbook on which branch to use for what. May be I have been just lucky doing end-user stuff (dhcp, cyrus, postfix, apache, samba, etc.), but *-STABLE has been stable for me. More likely, this reflects the quality of work FreeBSD developers have been doing. -- Janos Dohanics
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