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Date:      Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:00:31 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz>
To:        "Tortise@Paradise" <tortise@paradise.net.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Releases means?
Message-ID:  <20020714175501.P89663-100000@a2.scoop.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <1bc401c22af7$2286e630$0900a8c0@P1200n>

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On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Tortise@Paradise wrote:

> Hi
> I've been trying to sort out which update to download.  I seek a stable
> version of FreeBSD.  Am I correct that of the Current and Stable paths there
> are releases for each?  ie that there are "Current Releases" and "Stable
> Releases"?   I have downloaded releng_4_6 in the expectation it is the
> Stable Release.  Clarity would be appreciated.
> With thanks in advance.
> David Hingston

There is a current branch, and a stable branch, but those are not
'releases'.  They're both moving targets which vary rapidly.  every so
often the stable branch is used to construct a new release.

releng_4_6 gives you the latest (at present) stable release plus the
critical fixes only.

Andrew McNaughton


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