Re: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE

From: stormjumper (stormjumper_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 11/16/03

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    Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:39:48 +0800

    thanks.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
    To: "stormjumper" <stormjumper@myrealbox.com>
    Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 01:29
    Subject: Re: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE

    > stormjumper wrote:
    >
    > >hmm,
    > >
    > >thanks Johan
    > >
    > >somebody, anybody, correct me if i'm wrong pls.
    > >
    > >does this imply that RELEASE is more stable than STABLE?
    > >
    > >thanks
    > >
    > >
    >
    > More or less, yes.
    >
    > -STABLE is stable, but changes to the code
    > are put in from time to time to make progress
    > toward the *next* RELEASE. In the event someone
    > manages to accidentally mangle a line of code,
    > it might not get noticed until you sync your source
    > and buildworld, etc.
    >
    > Then you get some message "syntax error in foofile
    > on line xxx" and 'stop in /usr/src' ... not too much fun.
    > Even worse, it might build but not run correctly.
    >
    > FWIW, this has never happened to me, and I've
    > been using -STABLE on production servers for
    > over a year.
    >
    > -RELEASE code is -STABLE that is frozen, double
    > and triple checked and allowed to 'simmer' for a
    > few weeks to see if any such problems appear,
    > basically. The guys work pretty hard to make sure
    > that it's gonna be acceptable to stamp "RELEASE"
    > on it and not ruin the OS's image as a strong,
    > stable, modern and powerful OS.
    >
    > HTH,
    >
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