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Date:      Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:06:59 -0800
From:      Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support
Message-ID:  <200612221106.59985.fcash@ocis.net>
In-Reply-To: <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A0273C975@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra>
References:  <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A0273C975@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra>

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On Friday 22 December 2006 08:09 am, Helge.Oldach@atosorigin.com wrote:
> Pete French <> wrote on Friday, December 22, 2006 2:44 PM:
> Frankly, I can't follow the argument that 6.x is "unstable". After all,
> it's named 6-STABLE for a reason. I'd say from experience that the
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not for the reason you think.  -STABLE in FreeBSD means API/ABI stability, 
not necessarily system stability.  It's a promise that a binary compiled 
on 6.0-RELEASE will run on 6.32-RELEASE without needing to recompile it 
(with very few exceptions).

-- 
Freddie Cash
fcash@ocis.net



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