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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2004 03:41:15 +0200
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
To:        "John C. Sirbu" <cavalry9@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: I'm trying very hard to RTFM but I still have a question.
Message-ID:  <20040222034115.7d7877e5@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro>
In-Reply-To: <4037FCF1.8010001@bellsouth.net>
References:  <4037FCF1.8010001@bellsouth.net>

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:50:57 -0500
"John C. Sirbu" <cavalry9@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I have tried to understand the mechanics but I am still alittle vague
> on the details.
> The process as I understand is supposed to go as Head -> Current -> 
> Release -> Stable -> Production. Right?

No. Head and Current are the same thing for 5.x. For 4.x -Current means
-Stable + enhancements.
>From an known to be working -Current is branched a -Release, which, in
time gets security patches and it's called -Stable.

It's a bit confusing now, because 5.x is a "technology release"

> Could you please be so kind as to direct me to the appropriate
> location for any information pertaining on the ver 5.x path to a
> production release?

http://www.ro.freebsd.org/releases/5.2R/early-adopter.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/5-roadmap/index.html

> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Sincerely,
> John C. Sirbu

Cu placere,
IOnut


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