Question about FreeBSD 5.3

[Matthew Seaman]

Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi wrote:

> I have a doubt about FreeBSD 5.3. What is it: a Stable or a Release
> version?
> I'm sorry if this is a Dumb Question, but I guess it's a Stable Version.
> Specially because it's a Production Release.

Actually, there are both -RELEASE and -STABLE versions numbered 5.3 at 
the moment.

     5.3-RELEASE-p2 is the latest patchlevel on the RELENG_5_3 /Release/ 
branch.  It's the recommended version version for new installs and 
should be suitable for most server tasks.

    5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. 
  It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system 
or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for *absolutely has 
to be up 24x7* type applications, because new functionality and support 
for new hardware will be introduced, which can result in problems 
occasionally.  (In practice this very rarely happens: which is a great 
tribute to the degree of care taken by FreeBSD developers).

See:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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