Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:05:40 -0800 From: "edflecko ." <edflecko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: What's the difference between "Release" versus "Errata" versus "Security" branches??? Message-ID: <CAFS4T6Yw8afiyAD3yT8LAMunnvey7g6b9CpbpBzb9q9BnakS4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Can someone explain what the differences between these three are for me? These sure sound a lot alike to me - http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/stable-current - "The -RELEASE branch is arguably the most stable branch of FreeBSD. That's exactly what it's designed to be, what the everyday end user installs and uses. When a -RELEASE is cut, the only updates it gets are either critical fixes or security flaws." http://harrykar.blogspot.com/2010/07/freebsd-upgrading-it.html - Errata Branches An errata branch is a particular FreeBSD release plus any security and stability patches issued for that release. http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/FreeBSD_Release_Branches - "If stability is the most important factor on this system, you may want to track something called the security branch. This branch only updates for security updates and major bug fixes from the code you originally installed." Thank you! Ed
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