Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:18:19 -1000 From: Robert Marella <marella@hawaii.rr.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <20041222141819.2fc5e93e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <41C7F33B.7000509@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <3B5700417F70BA4CA7D2EA98375EF64003157033@CAUUNI2K000MSG.unibanco> <41C7F33B.7000509@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:56:11 +0000 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > 5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. > It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system > or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for *absolutely has > to be up 24x7* type applications, because new functionality and support > for new hardware will be introduced, which can result in problems > occasionally. (In practice this very rarely happens: which is a great > tribute to the degree of care taken by FreeBSD developers). If one is *tracking* 5.3-STABLE on a non-critical system and is subscribed to the stable mailing list, how does one know when to cvsup and build world? I have not seen anything on the list to indicate I should update my source. I have seen that 5.3-RELEASE is now P2 but nothing about STABLE. Should I be doing it regularly (weekly, daily)? Or did I just miss something? Thank you for this and all of your previous posts. I look forward to seeing your name as a poster for I know it will be another learning experience. Robert
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