Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:08:18 -0500 From: "Jonathan Slivko" <js43064n@stmail.pace.edu> To: <js43064n@stmail.pace.edu>, James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Whats the difference between -STABLE & -RELEASE? Message-ID: <200102261708.AA1221984640@stmail.pace.edu>
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Thanks alot for the info. -- Jonathan M. Slivko ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:02:08 -0500 >Jonathan Slivko wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> Sorry for sounding like a newbie, but whats the difference between FreeBSD -RELEASE & FreeBSD -STABLE? From what I understand, the source tree is a little more conservative in what it lets through. Am I correct in assuming that? -- Jonathan M. Slivko >> >> P.S. Again, sorry for sounding like a newbie. >> > >No. This is a very good question and misunderstood by a lot of people. > >FreeBSD-STABLE, right now is 4.x, is the set of code that is supposed to >only have minimal developement of existing features and security fixes. >It is aimed at production servers. This is not a guarentee but a goal. >The release version go through an extra step of no code changes with out >approval from the Release Engineer for about 3 weeks before being >created. This, hopefully, ensures the absolute best code set for >shipping on CD for installation. > >I am sure this is also covered in the handbook, >http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook > >Jim >-- >/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign . >\ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . > X - NO Word docs in e-mail . >/ \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- >jeh@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power to Serve >jim@TheHousleys.Net http://www.TheHousleys.net >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> Global IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network Pager: (917) 388-5304 (24/7) Phone: (212) 663-1109 (6PM-12PM EST) "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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