From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 10:53:44 2003 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 DF97516A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-29-189-110.new.rr.com [24.29.189.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D786943FCB for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:53:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (sheba.polands.org [172.16.1.33]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PHrgG6018767; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:53:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PHrg5M054356; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:53:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@sheba.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8PHrg76054355; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:53:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:53:42 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Scott Schappell Message-ID: <20030925175342.GA54334@polands.org> References: <20030925171846.GA54272@polands.org> <3F7324A6.9020105@silvertree.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F7324A6.9020105@silvertree.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking advice for new server: 4.8-REL vs. 4.9-BETA 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, 25 Sep 2003 17:53:45 -0000 On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:23:50AM -0700, Scott Schappell wrote: > > > >Can I start with 4.9-BETA ISOs? My thinking is that what's in > >4.9-BETA will not be much different from -STABLE. > > > depends on what you want. If you want stability, install the 4.8 ISO and > CVS to 4.9 when it's RELEASEd, if you want to help bug hunt, grab BETA. > I guess I have some confusion between what's -STABLE and -RELEASE and when one becomes the other. Better read up on it. > >What do others when building servers and we're on the cusp of a new > >-RELEASE? > > > Speaking for myself, since I have people hosting on my server and what > not, I'm sticking with 4.8 until it's passed EOL and patch as necessary > then evaluate if the latest RELEASE offers any substantial improvements, > if so, then I'll CVSup to the next RELEASE in the same branch I'm in > (4.8 > 4.9). > That's usually how I do it too. > Hope my opinion helped :) > Yes, it did, thank you. -- Regards, Doug