From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 8 16:02:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB5416A409 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 16:02:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jimmy@jamesbailie.com) Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FC0343D45 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 16:02:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jimmy@jamesbailie.com) Received: (qmail 56674 invoked from network); 8 May 2006 16:02:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?70.29.126.205?) (jazzturk@rogers.com@70.29.126.205 with plain) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 May 2006 16:02:12 -0000 Message-ID: <445F6B83.9080804@jamesbailie.com> Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 12:02:11 -0400 From: James Bailie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org References: <20060508145205.GC12437@zorglub.ssji.net> In-Reply-To: <20060508145205.GC12437@zorglub.ssji.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: documentation error X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 16:02:13 -0000 Olivier Mehani wrote: > I have been surprised, however, to read in paragraph 4.3: "As > bugs are found in a RELEASE version, they are fixed, and the > fixes are added to the CVS tree. In FreeBSD, the resultant > version is called the STABLE version, while in NetBSD and > OpenBSD it continues to be called the RELEASE version." Someone in the know needs to clarify this. I always believed bug fixes did go into FreeBSD RELEASE, certainly security fixes do, and that FreeBSD Stable was a conservative version of CURRENT, getting new features from CURRENT as they were deemed stable enough for general use, with the chance of the occasional bug still remaining. -- James Bailie http://www.jamesbailie.com