Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:46:46 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> To: Sam Drinkard <sam@wa4phy.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Static files Message-ID: <20020116174646.520EE5D13@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:59:43 EST." <3C44A64F.67DCC61@vortex.wa4phy.net>
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:59:43 -0500 > From: Sam Drinkard <sam@wa4phy.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Most likely inappropriate subject line, but are there parts of the > current -stable tree that are now NOT being worked on? Like the "base" > FreeBSD system as a whole, no ports (or the port tree itself) but just a > bare OS? Even though I've been following -stable, I gather things are > still being debugged .. Which leads me to the real question, how often > should one update from sources? I'm sure there are many a variable in > that, but if something is working fine, why upgrade unless you happen to > need the latest fix for a multi-frama-snickafoo-filter or whatever? Almost every significant portion of FreeBSD has someone working on it and changes are continual. You can subscribe to the cvs-all list and watch for changes you consider significant. I try to update my base system about once a week. Others do this more often and many cvsup daily. Others do it only occasionally for a specific modification. A lot depends on the time it takes to do the update. For my laptop it builds in about 3 hours, but only takes 15 minutes to install, so I could really do it every day, if I wanted to. Many newer systems with fast disks and multiple processors can significantly reduce these times. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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