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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:15:37 -0600
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From: Ben Kadish <Ben.Kadish@happcontrols.com>
Subject: Re: Why track FreeBSD-STABLE?
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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
>
>
>
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