From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 25 19:43: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E94C14C94 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:43:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from forrestc@workhorse.iMach.com) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA24571; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:34:24 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:34:24 -0700 (MST) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Colin Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Bug-fixing previous -RELEASE, was Re: speaking of 3.4... In-Reply-To: <383DF187.4EB4A176@home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmm, this brings up another interesting question. First, to put this in context: Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Actually, the -missioncritical branch is sort of provided for > now as a function of -previousstable. There are plenty of people still > running 2.2.x, for example, and you even still occasionally see commits > to the 2.2.x branch. And, Colin wrote: > My point is, if a new release every quarter scares you, upgrade > once/year (except bugfixes/security patches) and get on with your life. > I used 3.0 for several months and life was good, and it still runs on > one of my machines. I upgraded this one for several reasons that were > specific to me, your requirements will vary. Ok, so, let's assume I JUST want to incorporate bugfixes into the -RELEASE (be it 3.x or whatever) that I have on a particular machine. How would I go about doing this? I have machines all the way from 2.2.2-RELEASE through 3.3-RELEASE, and even one I track -STABLE on (for both development of a PicoBSD-based "product" I am doing and also to keep the OS up to date). It would be nice to leave the 3.x machines "alone" except for bugfixes. The 2.2.2-RELEASE machine has been ignored for a LONG time as it would be a pain to upgrade/rebuild. I plan on replacing it this month. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) KD7EHZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message