From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 17:21:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E232610656D2 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EFC28FC17 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mAHHLSjg010644; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B5261B8E7; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:27 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Ott =?iso-8859-15?Q?K=F6stner?= Message-ID: <20081117172127.GB32856@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <49214F06.9070608@esiee.fr> <49215727.2020802@gmail.com> <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:21:31 -0000 --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 02:01:53PM +0200, Ott K=F6stner wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >=20 > > I don't think it is a matter of days, we have not even reached RC=20 > > status yet on 7.1 > > On a production server you will probably wish to go with=20 > > 7.0-RELEASE-p5. It would be trivial to upgrade to 7.1 by means of=20 > > freebsd-update(8) when it is released. > > You probably don't want to risk 7.1-PRERELEASE on a server, but for=20 > > anyone running workstations, desktops, laptops I think it is worth=20 > > trying at this moment. > I am a person, who made a mistake, installing 7.1 on my production=20 > server (actually RELENG_7 stable, which shows up as 7.1). >=20 > My question is, how stupid is that mistake? Is it better to reinstall=20 > 7.0 before something really bad happens, or can I just let it run? What= =20 > are the most serious bugs to expect? It is not that big of a problem. I've been tracking -STABLE on my destkop since 5.4 without major problems. Every once in a while you see a failure report for RELENG_7 from the tinderbox build cluster, which can mean that you shouldn't csup at that moment. And rarely there is a report on the stable mailing list that something's broken and you need to wait with updating until it's fixed. The most effort IMHO is switching between major versions because you then need to delete and rebuild all your installed ports. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkhqBcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU3tQCglz0D23BM2HrrUFXCIxpY8dXj jRkAn0cndExqt2oYvopRZpKaIYq4yiud =L1w2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB--