Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:29:51 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Noob question .... Message-ID: <20141016142951.2ceed51c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <543FBB5E.5050904@hiwaay.net> References: <543F041D.7030206@hiwaay.net> <20141016013646.34d542e6.freebsd@edvax.de> <543F0863.60205@hiwaay.net> <543F72C7.6040401@qeng-ho.org> <543FBB5E.5050904@hiwaay.net>
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:34:38 -0500 William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 10/16/14 02:24, Arthur Chance wrote: > > Think of "stable" as in "doctors said his condition was stable". :-) > > > > -CURRENT == will break regularly. > > > > -STABLE == shouldn't break but might occasionally. > > > > -RELEASE == won't break (if your hardware is OK and you don't do > > something stupid). > > Thx, good description, I think I have it straight now :-) .... A lot of the risk comes from being sloppy with the extra work required to track STABLE and CURRENT. If you track STABLE then any update can bring in the kind of change that comes with switching to a new minor release: new system users/groups, updated files that have to be handled manually. If you track CURRENT then any update can bring in the kind of change than comes with switching to a new major release, which may mean you have to rebuild some or all of your ports or follow recipes to avoid breakages. Updating to a point release can be done with practically no effort.
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