Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 19:33:41 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Dmitry A. Novoselov" <dan837@cclib.nsu.ru>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: my vision: what is -RELEASE and -STABLE Message-ID: <010601bf5989$2d25b220$0200000a@danco.home>
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>so, correct me if i am happen to be wrong: the optimal RELEASE >installation would be system binaries + sources, but no additional >packages/ports. than i setup cvsup and get -STABLE. make world, and i am >happy (don't forget kernel recompilation, of course). after that, i >stay with -STABLE. > >thus, -RELEASE is merely for first-time installation. > >am i correct? -RELEASE is just a point along the -STABLE track. If you download the latest -RELEASE, or install off the CD, you're at -RELEASE (e.g., 3.4-RELEASE). Once you update your sources (say by using CVSup), 'make world', and recompile the kernel, you'll find yourself at -STABLE. Once you're tracking -STABLE, as a new release looms on the horizon (and assuming you 'make world' often enough) you'll go from 3.3-STABLE to 3.4-RC (release candidate, typically 1-2 weeks ahead of the actual release date) to 3.4-RELEASE to 3.4-STABLE... There's lots more info about this in the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/stable.html). --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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