From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 03:38:00 2005 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 6336A16A420 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:38:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2646E43D70 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:37:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from tripel (tripel [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA36262; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:36:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:37:00 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Jose Borquez In-Reply-To: <20051130025758.96916.qmail@web54713.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20051129221712.J4495@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20051130025758.96916.qmail@web54713.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release tags vs. Branch tags 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: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:38:00 -0000 On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Jose Borquez wrote: > I am preparing to upgrade my source and I am using FreeBSD 5.4. I am > a little confused between Release tags (RELENG_5_4_0_RELEASE) and > Branch Tags(RELENG_5_4). Is the brach tag for critical & security > fixes while Release tags are for upgrading source? What about > RELENG_5? Could someone please clear this up for me? All the tags update source, and once source is updated, you can use the updated sources to build/install a new system. RELENG_5_4_0_RELEASE is pointless IMHO, because it will always give you the same system as the 5.4 installer CDs. RELENG_5_4 is useful, to me. It will give you 5.4-RELEASE, plus the latest fixes for security and bugs. This seems to be the way to go for a production server, but again that's a matter of opinion. This is the tag I use for this workstation, so uname -r returns "5.4-RELEASE-p8", meaning that the system is 5.4-RELEASE at patchlevel 8. Using RELENG_5 means you are tracking -STABLE. It will give you bug fixes and security updates, plus whatever enhancements have been developed after the 5.4 release date. It's well-tested, but not as thoroughly as RELEASE. Probably OK for a desktop, maybe not for a server. See the Handbook for details. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]