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Date:      Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:21:21 -0700
From:      Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tracking -stable in the enterprise
Message-ID:  <15C7C9E0-7F99-4FAC-941A-9BBCC3600E55@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <e7db6d980806250346q2871abd3n2147b936155cc4e2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 25, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Correct.  We roll our own build snapshots periodically, but we also
> keep a pretty careful eye on what's going on in the -stable branches.

Okay, that makes sense to me ;-)

>> I mean, I guess Yahoo has enough resources to literally run every  
>> commit to
>> -stable through a full test cycle and push it out to every machine,  
>> but my

> No.  Why on earth would we do that?  if we wanted to cause ourselves
> that much pain for no good reason, we'd go get a pencil and stab
> ourselves in the eye.

Yes, we are definitely on the same page.   Thanks for the  
clarification ;-)

> We don't upgrade machines that have been deployed unless there is a
> good reason to.

Do you deploy machines for longer than 1 year?  How do you deal with  
security patches in the longer term?

-- 
Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source  
and other randomness





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