From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 18:28:13 2004 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 4BCE116A4F3 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:28:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from astro.systems.pipex.net (astro.systems.pipex.net [62.241.163.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD1143D54 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com) Received: from [10.0.0.247] (81-178-73-121.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.73.121]) by astro.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51407E000193; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:28:08 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <417BF43A.8090807@dsl.pipex.com> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:28:10 +0100 From: Mark Cullen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: m.hauber@mchsi.com References: <417BD274.4070200@dsl.pipex.com> <200410241339.11016.m.hauber@mchsi.com> In-Reply-To: <200410241339.11016.m.hauber@mchsi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How is 4-STABLE doing these days? 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: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:28:15 -0000 Mike Hauber wrote: > On Sunday 24 October 2004 12:04 pm, Mark Cullen proclaimed: > >>Hi there, >> >>I was just wondering what the state of 4-STABLE is these >>days? I have just installed 4.10-R on a machine and was >>going to update it to STABLE. >> >>What sort of changes have there been in STABLE since >>4.10-R was released? UPDATING just stops at "4.10 >>released". > > First off thanks to both the people who replied so far! > That's interesting, now that you mention it. I've kept up > to date with the changes by subscribing to the > freebsd-stable list. As far as I know (and hopefully I'm > wrong on this...), it's is the only way to read up on the > actual changes as they take place. Whoops, sorry. Forgot about the other lists :) > > The only problem is that you'll have to put on your waders > to find anything specific. See the following link for more > info on the mailing list (link may have wrapped): > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable I'll look there now :) > > If you don't want to subscribe to the list, the archives are > available from the link above as well. > > I've cvsup'd just a few days ago and I'm running the latest > 4.10-STABLE on two machines (one is setup as a desktop and > the other provides various services to the LAN). If it's > any help, it runs like a dream. :) I'm switching back from 5.x due to instability. I should probably go RELEASE and install the patches, but I can't help thinking STABLE would be a better choice :) > > HTH, It does, thank you very much! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Internet Explorer? Try FireFox at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Outlook Express? Try ThunderBird at http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/