From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu May 16 8:38:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA41237B420 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 08:37:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DOH ([141.153.255.123]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with SMTP id <20020516153721.EPYA8839.out003.verizon.net@DOH> for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 10:37:21 -0500 From: "Albert Martinez" To: Subject: RE: freebsd update tag? Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 11:44:04 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <004c01c1fbc7$e608bac0$cea8a1d5@erik> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I belevie RELENG_4_5 is what he's searching for, he was asking about a > branch where commits are safe (oh well, as safe it can get), not -STABLE > wich isn't pointed for production systems. I'm not sure that freebsd has an equivalent to openbsd-stable, but, I do want safe commmits and RELENG_4_5 seems to do that best for me. Thx. > Albert, look at this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html Doh, right under my nose. The freebsd handbook is great, but, I think it should have a chapter on updating and upgrading. "The Cutting Edge" just talks abouts stable vs. current and not the "security" branch. The handbook does a good job at addressing newbie concerns. Going so far as to include a section on unix basics. Unfortunately, it falls short on the topic of updateing/upgrading. CVS is a tool for maintaining your system not a goal. So, relying on a section on CVS tags to explain to newbies what their update/upgrade options are is inconsistant with the newbie friendly approach demonstrated throughtout the handbook. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message