From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 22 9:21:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD19D14E84 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:21:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@wintelcom.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA28301; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:46:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:46:37 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsupping before a major upgrade In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Does this make sense? > Or does it make more sense to wait until all features are frozen and the > major release comes out? It makes more sense to track -security, -stable and -cvs and only upgrade when: a) you _really_ need some feature that's been introduced b) you _really_ need some bugfix that's been applied c) security issues. Of course rabid BSD fanatics such as myself tend to upgrade without provocation, however points a,b and c are my methodology when I have my admin/consulting hat on. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message