Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:24:06 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@stmail.pace.edu> Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, FreeBSD ISP Mailing List <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Security Mailing List <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3.5 vs. 4.0 Message-ID: <20000718082406.A164@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200007180848.AA953418274@stmail.pace.edu>; from js43064n@stmail.pace.edu on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:48:21AM -0400 References: <200007180848.AA953418274@stmail.pace.edu>
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[Try to wrap your lines. You put everything on one single line.] On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:48:21AM -0400, Jonathan Slivko wrote: > And what are the new features in that release that I should be waiting for that are not present in FreeBSD 3.5 or 4.0? Also, do you know where I can get the -STABLE tree for 3.5? I wanna update my systems to it. I will not run anything on my production machines that is not -STABLE if there is a -STABLE tree available. Thanks. If someone could send me a cvsup file with all the required information, I would be most appreciative. Note that a -RELEASE, when the second digit is non-zero, is simply a snapshot of the -STABLE branch with a little extra attention on making sure everything is in a consistent state. For production machines, I think most would agree that the safest thing to do is start with a -RELEASE version and move to a more recent -STABLE version only if there is a compelling reason (security fix, other bug fix, a new functionality that you want, etc.). In other words, a -RELEASE version is most the likely to work with no problems. And once you have that going, don't fix what ain't broke. That's why the 2.2.8-STABLE mailserver at my last job is still chugging away today. The hardware will be the first to give out on that thing. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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