difference between releases
JohnsoBS at vicksburg.navy.mil
JohnsoBS at vicksburg.navy.mil
Mon Nov 8 05:05:38 PST 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TM4526 at aol.com [mailto:TM4526 at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:56 PM
> To: keramida at ceid.upatras.gr
> Cc: questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: difference between releases
>
>
> In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> keramida at ceid.upatras.gr writes:
> >Releases are fixed points in time. They are marked on their
> respective
> branch
> >of development and that's it. A x.y-RELEASE version is
> effectively a
> symbolic
> >name for a specific moment in time.
> Wow, thats what a "snapshot" used to be. How discouraging.
A -RELEASE is a specific point in time when the code is deemed ready.
Afterwards it goes back into development until the next -RELEASE. Between is
snapshots of usually STABLE code.
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