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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:44:48 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Mipam <mipam@ibb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: difference between releases
Message-ID:  <20041108104448.GA815@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.56.0411081056450.1370@ux11.ltcm.net>
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.56.0411081056450.1370@ux11.ltcm.net>

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On 2004-11-08 11:06, Mipam <mipam@ibb.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At this moment RELENG_5_3 kan be followed to obtain 5.3 release.
> Also RELENG_5 kan be followed, will this be for early adopters?
> Some day i hope to run a 5.x with the ule scheduler or is ule more likely
> to come in 6.x? 5.3 release is fixed and will not contain new things
> anymore right? So 5.3 is the first stable 5 serie? In general, the
> releases and stable versions are not quite clear to me.

Releases are fixed points in time.  They are marked on their respective branch
of development and that's it.  A x.y-RELEASE version is effectively a symbolic
name for a specific moment in time.

The STABLE branch, on the other hand, is a 'branch'.  It can still go on
for a long time after the release moment.

> Btw, i already run 5.2.1-p11 on smp machines with the ule scheduler
> enabled. It runs fine, also on some mail machines that need to digest a
> lot of mail a day.

5.2.1 was a 'technology preview' release.  You should probably consider
updating to a newer 5.X version, either RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE or RELENG_5.



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