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Date:      Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:50:30 +1000
From:      Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.3-RELEASE versus 5.2-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <484CE0C6.2000308@modulus.org>
In-Reply-To: <484CD995.3040002@zircon.seattle.wa.us>
References:  <484CD995.3040002@zircon.seattle.wa.us>

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Joe Kelsey wrote:
> The entire problem comes down to the definition of -RELEASE.  Jo 
> apparantly feels that they can ONLY run -RELEASE branded code at their 
> workplace.  That means that they cannot run any form of -STABLE.  

Interesting, and unfortunate.  Empirically, I always felt that the 
-STABLE branch shortly after each -RELEASE is the most stable.

I suspect the reason is large numbers of people install or upgrade to a 
-RELEASE, discover and report a number of bugs which subsequently get fixed.




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