From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 18 8:26:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2CE137B9EA; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:26:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@pool0575.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net) Received: from pool0575.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (pool0575.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.194.65]) by merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA25296; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:26:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by pool0114.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA00305; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:24:06 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Jonathan Slivko Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" , FreeBSD ISP Mailing List , FreeBSD Security Mailing List Subject: Re: 3.5 vs. 4.0 Message-ID: <20000718082406.A164@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <200007180848.AA953418274@stmail.pace.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200007180848.AA953418274@stmail.pace.edu>; from js43064n@stmail.pace.edu on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:48:21AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [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