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            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

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