From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 08:23:32 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 D60A416A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:23:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from aun.it.uu.se (aun.it.uu.se [130.238.12.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5260943FEA for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:23:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ertr1013@user.it.uu.se) Received: from hamberg.it.uu.se (daemon@hamberg.it.uu.se [130.238.9.198]) by aun.it.uu.se (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hALGNPnU014430; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:23:25 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ertr1013@localhost) by hamberg.it.uu.se (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) id hALGNLJw027858; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:23:21 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:23:21 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: "C. Ulrich" Message-ID: <20031121162321.GA24274@student.uu.se> References: <200311211051.hALApOp79560@fat_man.ascendency.net> <3FBE01AD.5060102@circlesquared.com> <200311211607.hALG7KL01535@anon.securenym.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311211607.hALG7KL01535@anon.securenym.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: Peter Risdon cc: mike@ascendency.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Downgrading from current to release or stable? 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: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:23:33 -0000 On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:06:54PM -0500, C. Ulrich wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 07:14, Peter Risdon wrote: > > I just moved from 5.1-current to 5.1 release, and fixed a lot of > > problems on a horribly unstable box by doing so. I believe downgrading > > to stable is very awkward, but others will be better qualified to > > discuss that than I am. > > On a related note, I know that following CURRENT is a game of risk, but > are current branch releases (such as 5.1-RELEASE) intended to be a bit > more stable and usable than staying constantly up to date with CURRENT? Yes, that is the intention. > > In other words, is there a pretty good chance that 5.2-RELEASE won't > break my (non-production) workstation too horribly when it comes out? Or > does it carry the same exact risks as following CURRENT? Before a -RELEASE goes out there will have been a period of code freeze during which no big, potentially disruptive, changes are allowed. This means that the code that is in a release will have had at least some time to stabilize, and has been tested by more people than just the person who wrote the code. I would say that there is a fairly good chanse 5.2-RELEASE will be fairly solid when it comes out. Maybe not quite as stable as 4.9-RELEASE, but a good deal safer than the latest code from -CURRENT. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se