From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 13 01:08:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA07210 for stable-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:08:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from shrimp.dataplex.net (shrimp.dataplex.net [208.2.87.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA07205 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:08:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Received: from [208.2.87.4] (user4.dataplex.net [208.2.87.4]) by shrimp.dataplex.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA27427; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 03:08:25 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: rkw@mail.dataplex.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:56:23 -0600 To: Francisco Reyes From: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: How to know when stable branch is updated? Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:57 PM -0600 12/12/97, Francisco Reyes wrote: >A few weeks back I figured out how to use CVSup. I did a download of the >stable >branch compiled, all is well. > >What I would like to know is how to I find out when new changes are done >to stab >le so I know to download. I subscribed to the stable mailing list. Is this >where > announcements would be made about new stable builds? New changes occur almost daily. Unless there is something MAJOR, you will not be able to find out anything without wading through a bunch of commits. Most of them are to "current" and don't apply to the stable branches. If you are a "stable" user, I suspect that you want stability. I would just follow the mailing list and when you see something that looks important to you, do an update. Otherwise, either adopt the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude or update a month after each 2.2.x release. Now, if you were still on 2.1.x, I would suggest that you use CTM to deliver the changes to you each week (if there are any). Richard Wackerbarth