From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 12 5:51:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C6437B401 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 05:51:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f5CCpGK68747; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:51:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fledge.watson.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:51:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Doug Denault X-Sender: doug@fledge.watson.org To: Christoph Sold Cc: "Heimes, Rene" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diff between -Release and -Stable? [Was : No Subject] In-Reply-To: <3B25DCD5.8C87652C@i-clue.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Do not forget a major reqquirement: subscribe to and read stable if you are going to update to it or any of the source tracks. There are at least three source tracks for the current release (now 4.3): Stable - as described here; occasionally breaks (read current thread on stable) Release - major releases corresponds to the CDs, at least logically Release 4.3 - I think this is just bugs and security fixes as I could not find a formal definition. It is referred to in the "Why is the STABLE branch not so stable.." thread on the stable mailing list. On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Christoph Sold wrote: > [Providing a subject increases the chance for a timely answer.] > > "Heimes, Rene" schrieb: > > > > what is the difference between x.x-RELEASE and STABLE > > how do i get a stable version? > > Hell, I wanted to point fingers to a FAQ or Handbook entry, but it just > is not there. Anybody? > > Stable is a continuously maintained version, which gets updated almost > daily. You can get -stable from various servers using CVS, CVSup and > other tools. > > Release is a specific point in time of the stable branch, which gets > pressed to CD-ROM. Just before the masters are built, -stable gets > tested more than usual, which makes -release even more stable than > stable ;*). > > You can get obtain a stable version as described in the handbook -- look > for > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html. > This implies you have to have a running version before, which usually is > done by installing a -release version from any of the various > installation tools. > > HTH > -Christoph Sold > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message