From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 21:05:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A679016A415 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:05:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from neonpark.inter-sonic.com (neonpark.inter-sonic.com [212.247.8.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E47C43CA1 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:05:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at inter-sonic.com Message-ID: <45845F8B.3060304@intersonic.se> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:05:15 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark Organization: Intersonic AB User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Warner Losh" References: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> <20061210.230622.-1844001233.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20061210.230622.-1844001233.imp@bsdimp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Am I an Idiot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:05:20 -0000 M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> > Per olof Ljungmark writes: > : Am I an idiot or is anyone else out there running -current on production > : systems? I figured if one MX goes haywire at least we've got another > : one... Very interested in your opinion. > > People use -current on production servers. But not just any old > version of -current. Rather, carefully selected versions of -current > that have been validated and tested. The -stable branches are a lot > more likely to be suitabe for a server, but -current can be useful. > > However, be prepared to compile everything yourself. Also be prepared > to do it again when you upgrade. While you may get a stable system > out of it, you are signing up for the "I know what I'm doing club" and > the bar to enter that club is a lot higher than the "I run stable > club." > > It isn't recommended by the project, since at any given moment > -current may be useful or it may have some horrible bug and the waters > are a lot choppier. > > Warner Thank you all for the input. After some consideration I've decided to go ahead so I'm currently preparing and testing a -CURRENT system for production use, after all, there is nothing like real life :-) Also, it should be a nice way to find out if I now what I'm doing... I do watch the list and also keep a backup RELENG-6 system that can go online at any time. Per olof