From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 2 20:46:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71BE737B405 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA53466; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:46:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:46:47 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Scott Gerhardt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4 In-Reply-To: <3BBA8465.A9B31AC0@gerhardt-it.com> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Scott Gerhardt wrote to Ryan Thompson: > Hello Ryan, > > Hope your week is going well so far. > > I was just wondering if, in your opinion, It would be better to start > with that latest snapshot in 4.4-STABLE or stick with 4.4-RELEASE? Hi Scott, It depends what you're after. 4.4-RELEASE is guaranteed to be the best tested "snapshot" of development in the 4.4 branch. The daily -STABLE snaps obviously can not undergo large scale system-wide testing, code freezes, release engineering, etc, so they are _not_ what I would consider the most stable incarnation of FreeBSD. Things break on rare occasion. So, if you're going to put a server into production, I'd stick with -RELEASE, and apply all security and stability patches as they are individually tested and released. If you just want to keep a working box current with the latest additions, fixes, etc, for development, curiosity, or whatever, then install which ever is most convenient for you, and cvsup and track -STABLE regularly. > I can always cvsup RELEASE to STABLE right? Yes. If you cvsup from a really old RELEASE (e.g., major revision), though, you will have headaches, as locations get moved, binary formats change, etc. Stick with minor releases, read the -STABLE mailing list, and you should be OK. You'll still have a really stable system. > Thanks, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message