Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:14:49 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: "edflecko ." <edflecko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the difference between "Release" versus "Errata" versus "Security" branches??? Message-ID: <201411061815.sA6IEnG3043324@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:05:40 -0800." <CAFS4T6Yw8afiyAD3yT8LAMunnvey7g6b9CpbpBzb9q9BnakS4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: "edflecko ." <edflecko@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:05:40 -0800 "edflecko ." wrote: > 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." RTFM ! Read the freebsd handbook _first_ ! http://www.freebsd.org ! Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.
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