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Date:      Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:16 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        K?vesd?n G?bor <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu>
Cc:        Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Pablo Ruggia <pruggia@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 6.0 Release Time
Message-ID:  <20050822231116.GB12574@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu>
References:  <200508222109.j7ML9uG6016071@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <200508222328.24735@harrymail> <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu>

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:39:30PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> Emanuel Strobl wrote:
>=20
> >What's TBA?
> >
> >But I'd like to advise Pablo to go with 6.0-RC, or even with BETA3 if=20
> >neccessarry, tracking a stable or RELEASE branch in FreeBSD is very easy=
=20
> >and worth the building mechanisms, especially if you have 10 similar=20
> >machines to maintain. You have a very convenient way to keep security=20
> >risks minimalised and in almost any environment you'll benefit from the=
=20
> >RELENG_6 performance and hardware enhancements.
> >
> >=20
> >
> That's TBD (=3D to be decided), not TBA. Jerry mispelled it. I would also=
=20
> use BETA3 or RC. It is very
> easy to upgrade same machines. One can build an install disc on one of=20
> the machines and upgrade via
> sysinstall with that disc. There's no need to do a 'make buildworld' on=
=20
> each machine.

I wouldn't, unless you're willing to deal with the possibility of
encountering some of the known bugs (i.e. instability) in 6.0 that
will be fixed prior to the release.

Kris

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