From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 08:06:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91C516A401 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [63.240.77.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3713F43D49 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:06:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from eisenhower.ascendency.net ([67.173.128.145]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060314080636014000nbcpe>; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:06:37 +0000 Received: from Mike8500 ([192.168.1.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by eisenhower.ascendency.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2E86ZLW020116 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:06:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) From: "Mike Loiterman" To: Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:06:35 -0600 Message-ID: <015601c6473e$36e5c490$0501a8c0@Mike8500> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcZHPjZWzDlg7IKgQ9+Y36NaeWpmwg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (eisenhower.ascendency.net [192.168.1.22]); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:06:36 -0600 (CST) Subject: Ports upgrade policy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mike@ascendency.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:06:38 -0000 This is my supfile: *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs *default tag=RELENG_6_0 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all *default tag=. ports-all doc-all I have been using it like this for years, obviously changing to the latest release tag. I haven't had problem and I'm not having problems, but my question is this: Is it advisable to sync my source to RELEASE, but to CURRENT for ports? Typically, I upgade my ports a few days after they get updated so I'm always running the latest version, but would it be better to sync both ports and source to RELEASE? Obviously, it depends, somewhat, on personal choice, but in terms of stablity and "correctness" which is better? ------------------------------ Mike Loiterman grantADLER Tel: 630-302-4944 Fax: 773-442-0992 Email: mike@ascendency.net PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E