Re: STABLE and CURRENT

2006-12-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
and which > from the CURRENT and sometimes it gets a bit tricky > and confusing. there are several good explanations out there about stable and current and release and head, etc and you should probably check them out, because you do seem confused. A table would work for what you are ask

STABLE and CURRENT

2006-12-21 Thread Fareed Rizkalla
Hello, I think the FreeBSD team should have a special page containing a table of all releases and beside these releases is marked STABLE or CURRENT. Instead of having to refer which is STABLE and which from the CURRENT and sometimes it gets a bit tricky and confusing. Best Regards Fareed Rizkall

Re: What is the difference between ports for STABLE and CURRENT?

2003-01-23 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
| Packages are built from the (single) ports collection. The same port | is compiled for 4.x or 5.x to make the package. Some ports may behave Ah, I was under the impression there was a different ports collection for -CURRENT. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: sen

Re: What is the difference between ports for STABLE and CURRENT?

2003-01-23 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:22:36AM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was just reading the announcement about OpenOffice packages being released > for 4.7 and 5.0. What are the differences between ports for these two > releases? In general, how is a port for the CURRENT branch d

Re: What is the difference between ports for STABLE and CURRENT?

2003-01-23 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Thanks Matthew. Great info in your answer. NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: What is the difference between ports for STABLE and CURRENT?

2003-01-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:22:36AM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I was just reading the announcement about OpenOffice packages being released > for 4.7 and 5.0. What are the differences between ports for these two > releases? In general, how is a port for the CURRENT branch different from a

What is the difference between ports for STABLE and CURRENT?

2003-01-23 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Hi all, I was just reading the announcement about OpenOffice packages being released for 4.7 and 5.0. What are the differences between ports for these two releases? In general, how is a port for the CURRENT branch different from a port for STABLE? thanks in advance for answers NOTE: Please C