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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:08:23 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I am confused about tracking stable
Message-ID:  <3A68D6F6.576598AE@mail.iowna.com>
References:  <01012000204800.03036@buffy> <20010119154538.A13324@citusc17.usc.edu> <3A68D275.BB416780@mail.iowna.com> <20010119161118.A13772@citusc17.usc.edu>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 06:49:09PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> > The reason I use it is for updating my production servers. I have a test
> > machine that I update to the latest -STABLE, and then test for a week.
> > If everything goes fine, I then upgrade any production servers I want to
> > upgrade to that EXACT version that I tested (using date tags.) Paranoid,
> > I know, but I'm too lazy to fix things after the fact.
> 
> That's a *very smart* way to do it. I wish more people did that
> instead of whacking the latest code directly onto all of their
> production servers and then whining when there's a bug which affects
> them.

Me too, as hard as the team works, (very) occasionally nasty bugs get
into -STABLE. That's why there's a code freeze before a -RELEASE is
burned.

-Bill


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