Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:15:37 -0600 From: Ben Kadish <Ben.Kadish@happcontrols.com> To: "Rick Hoppe" <mailing@rickhoppe.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why track FreeBSD-STABLE? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020214080804.026d7c20@mail.happcontrols.com> In-Reply-To: <MLECKHBMGODPBDHNOIAAEEJNCJAA.mailing@rickhoppe.nl>
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From http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html: "This <FreeBSD-STABLE> is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users." There is a branch just for security updates, etc., called RELENG_4_X. Tracking this gets you fixes without the beta. Hope that helps. Ben Kadish Ben@happcontrols.com Network Analyst Happ Controls, Inc. At 02:53 PM 2/14/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >In a lot of documents on the internet how to setup a secure FreeBSD server >they tell to track FreeBSD-STABLE. According to other sources (like the book >FreeBSD Unleashed), FreeBSD-STABLE (and FreeBSD-CURRENT) should be regarded >as beta-quality. My opinion about beta versions is that it is not finished >yet or could contain some bugs. According to them those versions are not >RELEASE quality yet. > >So why should I decide to track FreeBSD-STABLE and create the possibilty for >new security-problems and new bugs? In my eyes it's better to install >RELEASE and track the FreeBSD security advisories, so I patch my RELEASE >every time? Just like what a good Windows administrator should do every >week.... > >What are your thoughts about this? > > >Regards, > >Rick Hoppe >Network- and Systemspecialist >Xtraxion Internet > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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