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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/share/xml/xhtml10-freebsd.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Snapshot Releases">
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<!ENTITY url.snapshots "https://download.FreeBSD.org/ftp/snapshots/">
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]>
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<!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.download">
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<h2>What Are Snapshots?</h2>
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<p>As part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall release process
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<em>before</em> a release actually slips out the door with problems,
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we are now periodically producing interim test releases called
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<em>snapshots</em>.
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These snapshots will be very similar to full releases,
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except that they might not include all the bits included in a
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full release (such as packages and updated documentation).</p>
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<h2>Getting Snapshots</h2>
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<p>The latest snapshots made available can be found on the FreeBSD
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FTP mirrors at the address <a
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href="&url.snapshots;">&url.snapshots;</a>. They can also be
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found in the same directory on other FTP
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">mirror
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sites</a>.</p>
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<p>Please note that sometimes the snapshots available to download
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may be somewhat outdated.</p>
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<p>Currently the snapshots of
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT">&rel.head.major;-CURRENT</a>,
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html#STABLE">&rel.current.major;-STABLE</a>
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and
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html#STABLE">&rel0.current.major;-STABLE</a>
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are available in directories whose URLs have the format
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<tt>&url.snapshots;<target>/<target_arch>/</tt>
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where <tt><target></tt> and <tt><target_arch></tt>
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represent the architecture for which the snapshot was built.
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For each supported platform, the snapshot includes ISO images of
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the <tt>bootonly</tt>,
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<tt>release</tt>, and <tt>memstick</tt> images.</p>
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<h2>Things You Might Want to Know</h2>
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<p>In particular, before getting and installing a snapshot release,
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be aware of following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The snapshots are primarily for
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testing purposes and not fully tested compared to the releases.
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They may include experimental or degraded features that
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can corrupt your existing system.</li>
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<li>The major release number will not be changed in the
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main distribution for each snapshot.
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It will <em>only</em> be changed on the installation medium
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so that you know when the snapshot was made.
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These are <em>not</em> releases, these are <em>snapshots</em>,
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and it is important that this distinction be preserved.
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Although people can and will, of course, refer to snapshots
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by date in email, do not confuse them.</li>
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<li>Snapshots might not include package sets, but will generally
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include a ports tree.</li>
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<li>Finally, we will not necessarily update the documentation.
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For example, <tt>README</tt> may still refer
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to a previous release. This is because that is much less important
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than getting the real bug fixes and new features out for testing.
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Please do not send a bug report about version numbers.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Your feedback on these snapshots is greatly welcome.
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They are not just for our benefit - those who are coming to rely
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on &os; for mission critical applications should welcome
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a chance to get at more updated bits in a structured fashion.
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You can also use these snapshots as tangible evidence that your
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feedback is getting incorporated and that you (hopefully) will not have
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any unpleasant surprises in the next release.
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On the other hand, if you do send us hate mail next release
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and it turns out that you never even tried the snapshots,
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well, it cuts both ways!</p>
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<h2>Other Resources</h2>
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<p>Here are some related resources. Note that they are managed by
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people other than the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team.
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These sites provide FreeBSD snapshots in a form of "live filesystem"
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and bootable ISO images on a daily basis.
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For details, visit the following links and contact them directly
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if you have any questions.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://snapshots.us.FreeBSD.org/">FreeBSD snapshots by &a.brd; (brd@)</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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-->
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</body>
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</html>
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