From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 00:23:07 2004 Return-Path: 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 AD00916A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:23:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (fed1rmmtao10.cox.net [68.230.241.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5934143D2F for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:23:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marella@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from localhost ([68.8.243.244]) by fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041223002302.ZXHE7026.fed1rmmtao10.cox.net@localhost>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:23:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:18:19 -1000 From: Robert Marella To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20041222141819.2fc5e93e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <41C7F33B.7000509@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <3B5700417F70BA4CA7D2EA98375EF64003157033@CAUUNI2K000MSG.unibanco> <41C7F33B.7000509@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:23:07 -0000 On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:56:11 +0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > 5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. > It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system > or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for *absolutely has > to be up 24x7* type applications, because new functionality and support > for new hardware will be introduced, which can result in problems > occasionally. (In practice this very rarely happens: which is a great > tribute to the degree of care taken by FreeBSD developers). If one is *tracking* 5.3-STABLE on a non-critical system and is subscribed to the stable mailing list, how does one know when to cvsup and build world? I have not seen anything on the list to indicate I should update my source. I have seen that 5.3-RELEASE is now P2 but nothing about STABLE. Should I be doing it regularly (weekly, daily)? Or did I just miss something? Thank you for this and all of your previous posts. I look forward to seeing your name as a poster for I know it will be another learning experience. Robert