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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:11:18 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I am confused about tracking stable
Message-ID:  <20010119161118.A13772@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3A68D275.BB416780@mail.iowna.com>; from wmoran@mail.iowna.com on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 06:49:09PM -0500
References:  <01012000204800.03036@buffy> <20010119154538.A13324@citusc17.usc.edu> <3A68D275.BB416780@mail.iowna.com>

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 06:49:09PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:

> The reason I use it is for updating my production servers. I have a test
> machine that I update to the latest -STABLE, and then test for a week.
> If everything goes fine, I then upgrade any production servers I want to
> upgrade to that EXACT version that I tested (using date tags.) Paranoid,
> I know, but I'm too lazy to fix things after the fact.

That's a *very smart* way to do it. I wish more people did that
instead of whacking the latest code directly onto all of their
production servers and then whining when there's a bug which affects
them.

Kris

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