From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 15:20:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5903B1065689 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6BCB8FC21 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn6 with SMTP id hn6so2182170wib.13 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:35 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rwmaillists@googlemail.com designates 10.180.87.100 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.87.100; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rwmaillists@googlemail.com designates 10.180.87.100 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rwmaillists@googlemail.com; dkim=pass header.i=rwmaillists@googlemail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.87.100]) by 10.180.87.100 with SMTP id w4mr5790160wiz.22.1330442435001 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gB+SGkfHwQZx9V6z1QTH4I709xY/cw3l73D7Nm+2ZJU=; b=eSXeSn0AoZziL7ENgHVLX+yGpFuXvmTFCG0JE00HG45PALdgbwfRX4O5dk8U4pjiPk JLTNEX7G/zI1DapSvS6BlkFfzGMQJrxFUGrUyK2goitNoVa/dfrrpqhdn30t6S6YR5n+ 42IpnEFHZJ/uG3UBdAEwFpVpekQ4y+QwnodzI= Received: by 10.180.87.100 with SMTP id w4mr4595404wiz.22.1330442434938; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk. [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dw7sm29405765wib.4.2012.02.28.07.20.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:20:30 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120228152030.1d702439@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4F4CDC18.8060905@my.gd> References: <1330390351993-5520494.post@n5.nabble.com> <4F4C8A61.5010605@my.gd> <201202281721.35827.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <20120228131425.GA1676@homey.local> <4F4CDC18.8060905@my.gd> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is it worthy upgrading to 9.0 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:20:36 -0000 On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:52:24 +0100 Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 2/28/12 2:14 PM, Stas Verberkt wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 05:21:35PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> I cannot tell how often I have said this already. I stay with the > >> even branches until the next even branch comes out. Currently, the > >> machine here runs 8.3 and will stick to 8 until 10.0 or 10.1 will > >> arrive at the scene. > >> > > Just wondering: is there any difference between an even and an > > uneven branch? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Stas Verberkt > > > > To be honest, there shouldn't be. > > There's an old saying that goes along the lines of "uneven are > unstable/experimental" but recent comments on the ML have claimed > otherwise. That's a Linux thing surely. I've never seen it claimed for FreeBSD.