Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:36:03 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <terietor@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused) Message-ID: <20100606133603.GA67422@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilEBUW9ybjB0EiwlFzPLGVK8QreXDJPJKnTN3hX@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTilEBUW9ybjB0EiwlFzPLGVK8QreXDJPJKnTN3hX@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:27:19AM +0000, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable > version??? FreeBSD uses the terms a little differently than Linux world. The most supported/stable/etc version for the public is 'RELEASE' That is generally what you want. STABLE is close to a RELEASE in that it is a snapshot of the most recent work, but not necessarily all prettied up with everything tested against it. It is the best (eg most stable) of the development tree Then there is CURRENT. IT is the 'bleeding edge' and not expected to be stable at all. It is essentially a snapshot of head. So, unless you are doing development of stuff to be committed to the tree or for some reason you need something that has been added to the tree, but not yet released, then use RELEASE. Otherwise take a chance with STABLE. STABLE is sort of a middle ground - not quite ready for release, but mostly reliably usable. The ports have generally not been proved against STABLE yet either, but have against RELEASE - though the ports move on at their own pace. ////jerry > and what is going on with the mirrors? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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