Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:23:11 -0600 From: Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.3 FreeBSD Message-ID: <3AB953FF.FFDA6A5E@tclme.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103211711530.45058-100000@home.offwhite.net> <056501c0b25e$eeb0ad80$8300a8c0@apana.org.au>
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Doug Young wrote: > > > It is best to lag behind the releases by a > > few months so that you can learn from other people's problems and > then > > upgrade to the STABLE branch just as soon as you get the new > RELEASE. You > > will save yourself a lot of headaches. > > > > Where this all started was a query as to why CVSUP is regarded by many > asthe holy grail of FreeBSD. By far the best uptimes I've had from > FreeBSD were base RELEASE installations & no CVSUP. Maybe there is > some advantage for "cutting edge" people but judging from the problems > reported by a heap of non-geeks, users who prefer stability & > reliability over having all the latest bells & whistles may well be > better off installing RELEASE versions & leaving them untouched til > the next RELEASE. > Besides, CVSUP will kill your uptimes when netcraft is looking. -- Bob Greene rgreene@TclMe.org Pull my finger for my public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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