6.3-RELEASE versus 5.2-RELEASE

[Andrew Snow]

Joe Kelsey wrote:
> The entire problem comes down to the definition of -RELEASE.  Jo 
> apparantly feels that they can ONLY run -RELEASE branded code at their 
> workplace.  That means that they cannot run any form of -STABLE.  

Interesting, and unfortunate.  Empirically, I always felt that the 
-STABLE branch shortly after each -RELEASE is the most stable.

I suspect the reason is large numbers of people install or upgrade to a 
-RELEASE, discover and report a number of bugs which subsequently get fixed.