From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 23:43:41 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 0B1BA37B401 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:43:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CDC43F85 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:43:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.68.94]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030516064339.JAZV2239.out003.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:39 -0500 Received: from soupnazi.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4G6hbj2082418; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:43:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 23:43:40 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: "Jesse D. Guardiani" From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [4.47.68.94] at Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:39 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 on new laptop 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, 16 May 2003 06:43:41 -0000 On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 02:36 PM, Jesse D. Guardiani wrote: > Howdy list! > > I'm going to be installing 5.0 on my new (to me) IBM A30p thinkpad in > a few days (perhaps even over the weekend). I've heard that there have > been major improvements checked into CVS since 5.0-RELEASE, so what > would the list recommend I do? Either use RELENG_5_0 (the 5.0 security branch) or wait for 5.1-RELEASE which isn't too far off. Things tend to get kind of unstable around code freeze time (which just passed) because people rush to get things committed in time. - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -