Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 05:53:02 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> Cc: "matt ." <fasterdisco@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yesterday's -STABLE kernel corrupts LAN Message-ID: <20051127035302.GB5052@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20051126145004.00c17008@sixcompanies.com> References: <20051126182651.A966@www.pukruppa.net> <43889E27.2010209@makeworld.com> <20051126185500.I966@www.pukruppa.net> <4388A349.9080808@makeworld.com> <4388A5B0.6070005@mainframe.ca> <4388A6E4.1040206@makeworld.com> <4388C27A.8090601@vfs.com> <a97e11c20511261245l2e147b76u349fa57bfcaf359d@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20051126145004.00c17008@sixcompanies.com>
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On 2005-11-26 14:52, "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> wrote: >At 02:45 PM 11/26/2005, matt . wrote: >> Wow I must be missing something here on a very basic, fundamental >> level. >> >> I run FreeBSD-RELEASE on a production box. I have my reservations >> but it was the only release that supported my RAID controller, so I >> had no choice (or buy a $300 raid card that was supported). Anyway >> it works fine so far (knock heavily and repeatedly on huge pieces of >> wood). >> >> I've read the FreeBSD notes regarding the differences between STABLE, >> CURRENT and RELEASE. So uh, what is supposed to be run on a >> production box? In plain sight on the FreeBSD site it says "Latest >> production release" which is 6.0-RELEASE...are we only supposed to >> run RELEASE on production systems or are we supposed to run STABLE? >> Seems to me it's counter-intuitive to call something STABLE and not >> have it meant for production. My head hurts. > > I couldnt agree more with this comment. My head hurt after > trying to figure this out as well.. > > Yea. The information seems to contradict itself. > The only thing I have been able to 100% figure out is: > > #*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_0 > -> release branch/security fixes only > Results in: 6.0-RELEASE > > #*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 > -> 6.0 + changes will eventually be 6.1 > Results in: 6.0-STABLE > > It is perhaps a bit easier in OpenBSD land. -STABLE means only > bugfixes and important patches. In FreeBSD - this seems not the case? That's RELENG_6_0 here. We call these the "security branches". The -STABLE branch is a more actively maintained branch, out of which the future releases of 6.1-RELEASE, 6.2-RELEASE, ... will be made. A lot of this is explained in ``Choosing the FreeBSD Version That Is Right For You'', at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide/ I hope this helps a bit, Giorgos
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