Release vs Stable vs Current

[Sam Nilsson]

Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Has the terminology for "production ready" FreeBSD changed?
>  
> Is FreeBSD Release now considered Stable?

I don't think so, no. "Stable" refers to the branch of development from 
which Production releases are made. Right now that is the FreeBSD 6 
branch. Future point releases of FreeBSD 6 will be made from the Stable 
branch until the time that FreeBSD 6 becomes a legacy release.

- Sam