There seems to be a lot of techy words used throughout the forums and documentation and I am sure I'm not the only one struggling to understand what each word is and what it means.

i.e.

- SVN
- Trunk
- Stable
- v2.3.2 RC2

SVN: Subversion is a versioning software. Read here for further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software)
Trunk: Usually this is the working copy when working with a version control system as subversion. Changes are made to trunk and are then "frozen" into branches when stable
Stable: A version that's considered stable :)
V2.3.2 RC2: Version 2.3.2, Release Candidate 2. You might want to look at this article, describing software development stages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage

HTH

And watch out we use Trunk / Daily Build interchangeably but when we say daily build it usually refers to the daily snapshot of trunk. Each module / component of SS has its own 'trunk' version.

On top of what banal has said - trunk is what we all work on day to day so this usually has new features, a few bug fixes (as well as a new few bugs).

A stable release is trunk (or a branch) at a point where its not going to change. Eg SS2.3.1 stable is code which isnt going to change, its been tested, a few RC (test) releases and we have declared it stable. At this time we update the site with the version / changelog and make an announcement of it. Stable = tested (in other words, stable (relatively)) and Trunk = relatively untested could be broken / work in progress.

RCs are test releases before we declare something stable. RCs are designed for the community to test, give feedback and report issues. These become a stable release after 3-4 weeks (we usually 1-3 RCs per stable release before we are happy that its stable enough)