Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:05:13 -0000 From: "Graham Bentley" <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade Question Message-ID: <op.tjfrizzkt4j7n6@localhost.cpcnw.co.uk>
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> You've confused STABLE with RELEASE. 6.2 has not reached RELEASE. > 6-STABLE is the latest "these changes worked fine in CURRENT (right now, > aka 7) and have been MFCed (merged from current) so that more people can > try them out", which right now corresponds to the version of FreeBSDthat > is just about to be released which also happens to be called6.2-RC1 > (release candidate 1)). When 6.2 is ready to go, a new RELEASEbranch is > created (6.2-RELEASE) which only gets security fixes. So, if I want the 'latest version' that 'isnt a work in progress' (or at least tested to the point where it is know to be working correctly in the majority of scenarios) always use the RELEASE branches ?
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