From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 30 8:47:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DD737B73E; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:47:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id IAA40390; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:47:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:47:21 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: "David J. Kanter" Cc: FreeBSD stable Subject: Re: Is 3.4-release to 3.4-stable recommended? In-Reply-To: <20000330050634.A9886@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, David J. Kanter wrote: > I recently bought the 4-CD set of 3.4-release and wonder if it's recommended > to cvsup the source tree to 3.4-stable and the ports tree to current. I'm > hesitant because, once stable, don't the packages and ports on the 4-CD set > become null? It's a lot easier to install off CDs than rely on downloads > over a modem. Ports tend to get upgraded pretty quickly, so chances are there are newer versions available of a lot of your ports. If you dont mind not having the absolute latest versions of everything, and only upgrade a port when you need to or theres a security advisory, etc, it's fine. > But, if my home PC will be that much better being stable, then perhaps I > should make the plunge. Not all that much has changed from 3.4-R to 3.4-S, really. The 3.x branch is winding down now that 4.0 is out. So basically unless there's something you cant do with 3.4, by all means stick with it! :-) Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message