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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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