Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 23:14:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Parag Chhibber <pchhibbe@attila.stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different versions of FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960508231105.3395B-100000@ki.net> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960509002200.0069dc1c@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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On Wed, 8 May 1996, Parag Chhibber wrote: > -CURRENT : A newer version the the stable, basically a little less > stable. > > -SNAPSHOT : The newest "version" of FreeBSD. > These two are backwards, actually. -CURRENT is the latest and greatest, somedays not quite compilable (rare). -SNAPSHOT is exactly that...a SNAPSHOT of CURRENT at a point when the development tree is considered to be stable enough to create a distribution of. -SNAPSHOT changes once in a while, -CURRENT changes hourly :) Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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