From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 21 18:26:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A7E2750 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22a.google.com (mail-ie0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1357D34F for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id aq17so2714090iec.29 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=OxrWXJy4QacykgF6sgZmJLbVGAGE0v12V/oEHrBGVSQ=; b=pceGCe7FEkjFW6Ufy677Xpj23hA/pES4S7e0voDoeRHUc07rYs91Pcxtbr19gNl/Mx rP4TfYaEhQb9BxH/JXsbWr5lPDRAC9zkSuPHmYkWB4ZAN/xZU2uxGUzPiqGPb6nDUIV8 w0mR8KYslWha+cylhGDvYxtFSHNsVZVPDnGffEpoJgRGRUB4XrJrUWy19gzNeJaQH0Rc XIE3N+h/u8MWv4waMLIH92OxJKl4rzkeHtevUWQjvtpZzkk8prFXzC/ifLaIy5whbd/3 HyZtre5ta15Qc/MUkho4ifgn0RZHCTRhb4/5iyI5nRuc1rxEtfsfn2MHJ7ZXD5mW3H9W 0yIA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.178.135 with SMTP id cy7mr2088239igc.97.1369160779742; Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:19 -0700 (PDT) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.25.66 with HTTP; Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <519BBA63.40807@fuckaround.org> References: <519BBA63.40807@fuckaround.org> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:19 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SWbeUvxbSQB3dYeyjo7O9VXflbQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: freebsd-stable/release? From: Rick Miller To: Pol Hallen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:20 -0000 On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > quick question: for a production server, what it best way? I've done work with organizations that will not install anything that is considered a development branch, of which stable/ is. Therefore, for production environments, those organizations will only install -RELEASE or releng/ releases. It comes down to a decision you and/or your organization must make and that decision will be based on a risk/reward analysis. Hope that helps. -- Take care Rick Miller