Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:06:29 +0100 From: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> To: Brian Li <brian_li@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <dZczlaBlYVV9Ew2f@caomhin.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <OE15hkkeIBbT34IrPzq00007f71@hotmail.com> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <3D54162F.1000502@xmission.com> <3D541E31.C8A0EB52@pantherdragon.org> <OE60NcMtLoOnY3aFgrj00007d69@hotmail.com> <Pn5X6nBzFLV9Ew2s@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <OE15hkkeIBbT34IrPzq00007f71@hotmail.com>
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Someone, quite probably Brian Li, once wrote: >Does it mean that I should use "Stable" in production environement rather >than using "Release" version? Thanks for the suggestion in advance. The final choice is yours and it depends on a lot of factors really. If you've got an office server that can easily go down for a weekend then stable isn't likely to be a problem, but for a webserver you need up 24/7 think about releases. If you do track stable then subscribe to the list so you know what's happening. If for some reason stable won't build that day don't upgrade. For my production machines I tend to use sources that are a couple of days old. That way I can see what happens to other people and if it looks safe I upgrade, or if everyone complains I steer clear. Also cvsup a second time about 5-10 minutes after your first run, that way you're less likely hit the problem of only having half the sources. Stable is pretty much like it says, but the warning that there are times to avoid it is very true. The best advice is to subscribe to stable, read the past few days of archives <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups ?sourceid=navclient&q=mailing%2Efreebsd%2Estable > and see what you think. Stable will often be a better build to have as it has extra fixes/features, but remember to be careful else you could find yourself in trouble. Kevin -- kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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