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[Chuck Swiger]

Matthew Tomsa wrote:
> What is the difference between RELEASE versions, STABLE versions, and
> CURRENT versions?  I've done some reading but I'm still a bit confused.
> Thanks.

-CURRENT is alpha.

-STABLE is supposed to be the leading edge of functionality yet be stable 
enough for production use; it should be treated as a late beta.  In other 
words, test it before deploying in production, because sometimes, perhaps a day 
or two per month, -STABLE contains problems or breakage.

Every few months, the project makes an effort to stabilize the source tree 
(including ports and docs), generates a release candidate or two, and then 
pushes out a RELEASE by tagging the -STABLE branch.  A -RELEASE or security 
branch is intended for production use because it has undergone such testing, 
and is updated with security patches and critical fixes only after such changes 
have been tested in -CURRENT or -STABLE.

If you don't know what to run, run the security branch (ie, RELENG_5_4).

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-Chuck