From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 06:06:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DAFB16A40F for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:06:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F23943C9D for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:04:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kBB65PrO084144; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:26 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:06:22 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20061210.230622.-1844001233.imp@bsdimp.com> To: peo@intersonic.se From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> References: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:26 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Am I an Idiot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:06:05 -0000 In message: <4579EB08.8080704@intersonic.se> Per olof Ljungmark writes: : Am I an idiot or is anyone else out there running -current on production : systems? I figured if one MX goes haywire at least we've got another : one... Very interested in your opinion. People use -current on production servers. But not just any old version of -current. Rather, carefully selected versions of -current that have been validated and tested. The -stable branches are a lot more likely to be suitabe for a server, but -current can be useful. However, be prepared to compile everything yourself. Also be prepared to do it again when you upgrade. While you may get a stable system out of it, you are signing up for the "I know what I'm doing club" and the bar to enter that club is a lot higher than the "I run stable club." It isn't recommended by the project, since at any given moment -current may be useful or it may have some horrible bug and the waters are a lot choppier. Warner