Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 17:43 UTC, submitted by shykid
"When Firefox launched in beta release five years ago, it burst on the open-source browser scene like a young Elvis Presley - slim, sexy and dangerous. Since then it has attracted millions of users, generally set the agenda for browser development and unseated Microsoft's IE as the de facto monopoly in the field. But, with Firefox 3.0 poised for release later this year, the 'IE killer' is in danger of morphing into an early Fat Elvis, if increasing numbers of die-hard fans turned reluctant critics are any guide."
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2005-07-24
Actually, that is the case, IIRC.
Nightly builds are usually taken from an active-development tree (where devs can 'freely' make changes to the code (once meeting certain criteria), as patches).
Stable builds are taken from a fine-picked assortment of the code submitted in between releases, and resides in its own tree, making it possible to have vast differences between the two trees.
That and the difference in compiler options in stable builds, extra code (feature) patches applied, etc...
It can get fun finding the best nightly to run, though, so I'd stick to the stables if your unsure :-)
--The loon