Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:34:12 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: void <float@firedrake.org>, SysAdmin <sa-srv@plasa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE versus STABLE Message-ID: <01040216341200.83452@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010402213521.A30931@firedrake.org> References: <web-2256538@mail.plasa.com> <20010402213521.A30931@firedrake.org>
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On Monday 02 April 2001 12:35, void wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:27:42AM +0700, SysAdmin wrote: > > Hi there, > > When I read the FreeBSD handbook, I found only "Current versus Releases" > > description. But yesterday, I confused because I was suggested to > > change/upgrade my FreeBSD 4.2 Release to 4.2 Stable. Today I want to ask > > you, are 4.2 Release is not same with 4.2 Stable ? Thats mean, FreeBSD > > had threes branch of development ??? I mention current, release, and > > Stable. I was think if release mention final / stable release branch. > > I need that 4.2 release cause I need "awi" driver for my Intersil / > > Harris Prism I card. So anybody could told me, where I can download 4.2 > > STABLE ? > > Thank's for any kind attention and help. > > Please don't crosspost to hackers and questions. This question belongs > on questions. Also, please wrap your lines at some reasonable length, > less than 80 characters. > > The answer to your question is: FreeBSD has two actively-maintained > branches, STABLE and CURRENT. Releases are snapshots of the STABLE > branch. You can downloadi it here ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/ or get it by cvsup: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html STABLE is currently 4.3-RC (Release Candidate), it's about to become a release. Beech ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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