Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 19:53:26 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Parag Chhibber <pchhibbe@attila.stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Different versions of FreeBSD Message-ID: <26177.831610406@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 May 1996 20:22:00 EDT." <2.2.32.19960509002200.0069dc1c@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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> I've done quite a bit of reading around, and just wanted to make sure that I > understood the differences between the versions of FreeBSD. > > -RELEASE : The absolutely safest version of FreeBSD (currently 2.1) I don't know if I'd say "safest" :-) It's most correct to simply say that this is the latest official release. > -STABLE : A newer version then the release, with some more bugfixes Not a version, a _branch_. In other words, -stable doesn't have "releases", it's more like an ongoing code stream. > -CURRENT : A newer version the the stable, basically a little less > stable. Again, another branch (read man pages on CVS for greater understanding of what a branch is). Both -stable and -release branches occasionally have releases made as points along the graph, the latest release on the 2.1-stable branch being 2.1-RELEASE and -release not having had a real "release" yet (that'll be 2.2-RELEASE, when it comes out). > -SNAPSHOT : The newest "version" of FreeBSD. No, a snapshot is simply a "pseudo-release" made along a branch for testing purposes. It's not a real release, it's more like a release test (a dry run). > Is that correct? If it is, then I guess if I want to start an ISP, I should > start familiarizing myself with -RELEASE? The latest release and the -stable branch for bug fixes, yes. Jordan
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