In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Freddie Cash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Friday 22 December 2006 08:09 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > Pete French <> wrote on Friday, December 22, 2006 2:44 PM: : > Frankly, I can't follow the argument that 6.x is "unstable". After all, : > it's named 6-STABLE for a reason. I'd say from experience that the : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Not for the reason you think. -STABLE in FreeBSD means API/ABI stability, : not necessarily system stability. It's a promise that a binary compiled : on 6.0-RELEASE will run on 6.32-RELEASE without needing to recompile it : (with very few exceptions).
It also means system stability. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"