Re: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE

From: stormjumper (stormjumper_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 11/13/03

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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:50:15 +0800

    hmm,

    thanks Johan

    somebody, anybody, correct me if i'm wrong pls.

    does this imply that RELEASE is more stable than STABLE?

    thanks
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl>
    To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 21:57
    Subject: RE: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE

    Do search on www.bsdforums.org
    This is discussed there many times

    Well I did a search there for you (I am in a good mood)

    this gets asked a lot...

    CURRENT - is the most up to date cutting edge version. It should only be
    used by those working on BSD or those just interesed in playing around.
    It should never be used for any type of production environment.

    STABLE - is where they make releases from. It runs and complies
    correctly, most of the time. It's usually "stable" enough to run on home
    machines and to do testing but once again it shouldn't be used for
    production envirionments though.

    RELEASE - is a snapshot in time of stable. Right before a new version
    comes out they freeze the stable code, do cleanup, fix emergency bugs,
    then build the ISO images. This is the version you want for production
    envirionments.

    once you install from a RELEASE you can then buildworld of any updated
    verison you want from the sourcecode. You use a program called cvsup
    that downloads the code. you can tell cvsup what version to go get.
    There's a whole chapter in the handbook on this so read up.

    Personally i stay away from the stable/current lines. Basically once I
    install a release every once in a while i do updates only of the current
    release line. For example right now I'm running the code version called
    RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE which is the 4.8 release, the same as the ISOs you
    can download.

    Just today infact I updated the code to RELENG_4_8 which is still part
    of the 4.8 line but includes only security updates, critical fixes, etc.
    I'll spend all day rebuilding the world, compiling a custom kernel, and
    installing this newest version.

    -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
    Van: stormjumper [mailto:stormjumper@myrealbox.com]
    Verzonden: donderdag 13 november 2003 14:48
    Aan: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
    Onderwerp: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE

    hi,

    i'm slightly confused by the use of the terms RELEASE and STABLE.

    specifically, i refer to section/chapter 2 at the FreeBSD Early
    Adopter's
    Guide at
        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html
    where it states that
    "At the moment, only one STABLE branch is under active development; this
    branch is referred to as ``4-STABLE'', and all of the FreeBSD 4.X
    releases
    were based on it."

    yet 4.9 is the production release, and is referred to as a release at
        http://www.freebsd.org

    can anyone explain the two terms in a less confusing way?

    also, is 4.9 the stable release or not?

    thanks

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