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<holder>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder> |
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<para>At this point in FreeBSD's development, there are three |
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<para>At this point in FreeBSD's development, there are three |
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parallel development branches; releases are being made from |
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and the 5.X series of releases is being made from |
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mid-to-late 2005 before the first release will be made from the |
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<para>Up until the release of 5.3, the 4.X series was the |
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one known as <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>. However, |
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as of 5.3, 5.X has been designated the new |
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much new development. Instead, it will be designated |
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fixes. There will be more releases made from the |
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only fixes for major problems (such as security-related |
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fixes.)</para> |
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<para>Version <ulink |
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/">&rel.current;</ulink> |
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/">&rel.current;</ulink> |
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is the latest release from the |
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<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in |
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&rel.current.date;. Version <ulink |
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&rel.current.date;. Version <ulink |
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/">&rel2.current;</ulink> |
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/">&rel2.current;</ulink> |
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is the latest release from the |
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<emphasis>4-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in |
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&rel2.current.date;.</para> |
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<para>Briefly, <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed at the |
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<para>Releases are made <link linkend="release-freq">every |
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few months</link>. While many people stay more up-to-date with |
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few months</link>. While many people stay more up-to-date with |
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the FreeBSD sources (see the questions on <link |
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the FreeBSD sources (see the questions on <link |
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linkend="current">FreeBSD-CURRENT</link> and <link |
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linkend="current">&os.current;</link> and <link |
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linkend="stable">FreeBSD-STABLE</link>) than that, doing so |
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<para><ulink |
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is the development version of the operating system, which |
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<para>If you are not familiar with the operating system or are |
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not capable of identifying the difference between a real |
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problem and a temporary problem, you should not use |
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FreeBSD-CURRENT. This branch sometimes evolves quite quickly |
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to be mistakes rather than <quote>glitches</quote>. Questions |
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The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the |
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final 3.X release. The only changes made to either of these |
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