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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:29:06 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Evan Dower <evantd@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RELENG_5_0 v. HEAD
Message-ID:  <20030401182906.GD4151@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <F136R6sKBEr8pkpLkTg00006c1d@hotmail.com>
References:  <F136R6sKBEr8pkpLkTg00006c1d@hotmail.com>

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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:42:25AM -0800, Evan Dower wrote:
> I've been tracking RELENG_5_0 pretty much since it existed, but I am=20
> wondering now if it would be better to track -CURRENT via HEAD instead.=
=20
> After all, with the semi-frozen status of HEAD, all knew commits should b=
e=20
> fairly conservative and the _general_ _ trend_ should at least be toward =
a=20
> more stable product. I wonder if HEAD is actually a more stable product=
=20
> than RELENG_5_0.

Sometimes is, sometimes isn't.  You have to be fairly careful to
upgrade at the right time based on commit activity and mailing list
traffic.

> Certainly it would be for anyone using the nvidia-driver,=20
> since it is unsupported on RELENG_5_0. What are your thoughts?

It's just as unsupported on HEAD.

Kris

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