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Submitted by:	Alec Berryman <alec@thened.net>
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<year>2003</year>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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<answer>
<para>At this point in FreeBSD's development, there are three
parallel development branches; releases are being made from
two of the three branches. The 4.X series of releases
is being made from the <emphasis>4-STABLE</emphasis> branch
and the 5.X series of releases is being made from
<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis>. It will be some time in
mid-to-late 2005 before the first release will be made from the
<emphasis>6-CURRENT</emphasis> branch; that release (6.0)
will be aimed at early adopters.</para>
two of the three branches. The 5.X series of releases
is being made from the <emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis> branch
and the 6.X series of releases from <emphasis>6-STABLE</emphasis>.
<para>Up until the release of 5.3, the 4.X series was the
one known as <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>. However,
as of 5.3, 5.X has been designated the new
<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> and 4.X will no longer see
much new development. Instead, it will be designated
for an &quot;extended support&quot; status and receive
only fixes for major problems (such as security-related
fixes.)</para>
as of 5.3, the 4.X branch will be designated for
an <quote>extended support</quote> status and receive
only fixes for major problems, such as security-related
fixes. There will be more releases made from the
<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis> branch, but it is considered
a <quote>legacy</quote> branch and most current work will
only become a part of <emphasis>6-STABLE</emphasis>.
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<para>Version <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/">&rel.current;</ulink>
is the latest release from the
@ -311,7 +308,7 @@
&rel.current.date;. Version <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/">&rel2.current;</ulink>
is the latest release from the
<emphasis>4-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in
<emphasis>6-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in
&rel2.current.date;.</para>
<para>Briefly, <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed at the
@ -327,8 +324,8 @@
<para>Releases are made <link linkend="release-freq">every
few months</link>. While many people stay more up-to-date with
the FreeBSD sources (see the questions on <link
linkend="current">FreeBSD-CURRENT</link> and <link
linkend="stable">FreeBSD-STABLE</link>) than that, doing so
linkend="current">&os.current;</link> and <link
linkend="stable">&os.stable;</link>) than that, doing so
is more of a commitment, as the sources are a moving
target.</para>
@ -346,7 +343,7 @@
<answer>
<para><ulink
url="&url.books.handbook;/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">FreeBSD-CURRENT</ulink>
url="&url.books.handbook;/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">&os.current;</ulink>
is the development version of the operating system, which
will in due course become the new &os.stable; branch.
As such, it is
@ -360,9 +357,9 @@
<para>If you are not familiar with the operating system or are
not capable of identifying the difference between a real
problem and a temporary problem, you should not use
FreeBSD-CURRENT. This branch sometimes evolves quite quickly
&os.current;. This branch sometimes evolves quite quickly
and can be un-buildable for a number of days at a time.
People that use FreeBSD-CURRENT are expected to be able to
People that use &os.current; are expected to be able to
analyze any problems and only report them if they are deemed
to be mistakes rather than <quote>glitches</quote>. Questions
such as <quote>make world produces some error about
@ -435,9 +432,9 @@
only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental
enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has
been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading
towards 5.3-RELEASE (and beyond). Just before 5.3-RELEASE, the
5-STABLE branch was created, and
&os.current; became 6-CURRENT. For more detailed information,
towards 6.0-RELEASE and beyond. Just before 6.0-RELEASE, the
6-STABLE branch was created, and
&os.current; became 7-CURRENT. For more detailed information,
see <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH">
FreeBSD Release Engineering:
Creating the Release Branch</ulink></quote>.</para>
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The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the
final 3.X release. The only changes made to either of these
branches will be, for the most part, security-related bug
fixes. Support for the 4-STABLE branch will continue
for some time but focus primarily on security-related bug
fixes and other serious issues.</para>
fixes. Support for the 4-STABLE and 5-STABLE branches will
continue for some time but focus primarily on security-related
bug fixes and other serious issues.</para>
<para>5-STABLE is the actively developed -STABLE branch.
The latest release on the 5-STABLE branch is
<para>&rel.current;-STABLE is the actively developed -STABLE branch.
The latest release on the &rel.current;-STABLE branch is
&rel.current;-RELEASE, which was released in
&rel.current.date;.</para>
<para>The 6-CURRENT branch is the actively developed
-CURRENT branch toward the next generation of &os;.
<para>The 7-CURRENT branch is the actively developed
-CURRENT branch toward the next generation of &os;.
See <link linkend="current">What is &os;-CURRENT?</link> for more
information on this branch.</para>
</answer>