Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:16:39 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: PowerMan <powerman1st@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: a simple question about snapshot, thanks for reply Message-ID: <46AC7717.9090504@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <76c271ae0707290325s41f92c14i5973669674239adf@mail.gmail.com> References: <76c271ae0707290237o351eafa7ifd51371b84bb21f3@mail.gmail.com> <46AC623F.6000609@u.washington.edu> <76c271ae0707290325s41f92c14i5973669674239adf@mail.gmail.com>
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PowerMan wrote: > I guess you mean that: > > The snapshots of 6.2 stable released in June 2007 > have been patched , > I can also download patches from http://security.freebsd.org/patches/ > <http://security.freebsd.org/patches/>; > and apply them to the offical release manually. > > Is that right? > > thanks. > > 2007/7/29, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu > <mailto:youshi10@u.washington.edu>>: > > PowerMan wrote: > > Dear sir, > > My first English is not English, please forgive me if I > made some bad > > words > > or expression. > > > > I have learned from your web site http://www.freebsd.org, > > that version 6.2 is released in 15 Jan, 2007. > > > > Is that a stable release? > > > > If it is, why there is 6.2-stable snapshots released in > May and June > > 2007? > > > > Should all snapshots be released before a final stable release ? > > > > should no snapshots be released after a final stable release? > > > > I may not express myself very well, I wish you can understand me. > > > > thanks. > > That's an official release. A few patched stable releases have > been > done since then to fix security issues, as well as MFC (merged from > current) modifications (new drivers added, etc). > > Also, snapshots of the managed CVS branches are done periodically > (legacy, stable, current), which you may or may not have seen. > > Patches are made to all supported releases, until their > respective > EoL (end of life) dates, so that's why there are periodic releases. > > Cheers, > -Garrett > > Yes, but those are source patches which: 1. Require a source tree. 2. Require a limited (one app and maybe small list of dependencies) to major rebuild (extensively used lib that has a lot of dependencies). More current snapshots have those patches built into them. Cheers, -Garrett PS Please CC questions@ and bottom-post :).
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