Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 02:22:42 -0500 From: Caleb Land <bokonon@rochester.rr.com> To: "Dib, Allan L" <Dib.Allan.L@edumail.vic.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CURRENT, STABLE, RELEASE, SNAPSHOT ??? Message-ID: <20001110022242.A18818@deepthought.granfalloon.com> In-Reply-To: <AB00AFFA26B4D31183520090276120C77F594A@edu001ms009.edumail.vic.gov.au>; from Dib.Allan.L@edumail.vic.gov.au on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 05:56:46PM %2B1100 References: <AB00AFFA26B4D31183520090276120C77F594A@edu001ms009.edumail.vic.gov.au>
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 05:56:46PM +1100, Dib, Allan L wrote: > Hi all.. > > Can someone please explain to me what the deal is with all these various FreeBSD > versions/designations.. The FreeBSD codebase is a constantly expanding thing. There are two branches of development, "STABLE" and "CURRENT." When the stable branch gets good enough, they tag the source at a particular point, which is called "RELEASE," which is the official release which they use to make the CDROMs etc. "SNAPSHOT" is just that, the source code on a particular date from "CURRENT." "CURRENT" is where all of the newest, bleeding edge features go, which will eventually get merged into "STABLE" when they are stable. -- Sincerely, Caleb Land (bokonon@rochester.rr.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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