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Release Policy

This page describes the version release policy for the InternalFreeSurferDistributions. The InternalFreeSurferDistributions consist of 2 versions:

Stable
- source /usr/local/freesurfer/nmr-stable52-env
- Tested. Does not change nightly.
- Users are strongly encouraged to use stable, or to keep a copy of it in a project-specific directory like their SUBJECTS_DIR. To make a copy, just download the public distribution from ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer
Dev
- source /usr/local/freesurfer/nmr-dev-env
- Developmental. Could be buggy.
- Incorporates the latest features and is updated on a continuous basis.

More details on the two releases are available on InternalFreeSurferDistributions.

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-This page describes the version release policy for the InternalFreeSurferDistributions. The InternalFreeSurferDistributions consist of 2 versions: FreeSurferStable and FreeSurferDev.
+This page describes the version release policy for the InternalFreeSurferDistributions. The InternalFreeSurferDistributions consist of 2 versions:
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- * FreeSurferStable
  * {{{source /usr/local/freesurfer/nmr-std-env}}}
  * Stable
  * Users are stroungly encouraged to use FreeSurferStable
  * Only updated on scheduled release dates and for critical bug fixes. 
  * FreeSurferStable is also mirrored as the external distribution which is distributed from http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu.
+ * Stable
  * {{{source /usr/local/freesurfer/nmr-stable52-env}}}
  * Tested.  Does not change nightly.
  * Users are strongly encouraged to use stable, or to keep a copy of it in a project-specific directory like their SUBJECTS_DIR. To make a copy, just download the public distribution from ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer
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- * FreeSurferDev
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-  * Developmental
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- * (Private Distributions) 
  * To obtain a stable, private FreeSurfer distribution you can follow the procedure described under MakingPrivateCopiesOfDistributions. 
  * The FreeSurferSupport team ''will not'' acknowledge technical support requests for private distributions. For a stable, supported distribution users are stroungly encouraged to use FreeSurferStable.
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-The FreeSurfer development team recognizes the critical importance of documenting and communicating changes to the distributions. The development team is working to develop a version control system which is capable of logging changes and describing their effects on standard analysis workflows. If this effort is a top priority for you please add your name next to the Version Control priority on the ["Priorities"] page.