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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:49:51 -0700
From:      oremanj@get-linux.org
To:        David Rio <drio@perpels.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RELENG_5 ?
Message-ID:  <20030721224951.GB13328@webserver>
In-Reply-To: <20030721224155.GB58510@perpels.com>
References:  <20030721221840.GB58118@perpels.com> <20030721222721.GA13328@webserver> <20030721224155.GB58510@perpels.com>

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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:41:55AM +0200, David Rio wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 03:27:21PM -0700, oremanj@get-linux.org wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:18:40AM +0200, David Rio wrote:
> > > Hi all:
> > > 
> > > I have been using FreeBSD in production enviroments so I used FreeBSD 4.7 and 4.8.
> > > Now, I have installed FreeBSD 5.1 on my laptop. 
> > > So I decided to keep track of the -RELEASE_5 (STABLE). But It seems that there is 
> > > not such a branch on the repository.
> > > Reading diferent links at freebsd.org. It seems that there is only to branchs for 
> > > 5.1:
> > > 
> > > 	-CURRENT
> > > 	-RELENG_5_1
> > > 
> > > The first one, I think can be a very agresive for my intentions. The second one,
> > > instead, will not modify my sources to improve the performace because it is a 
> > > patch branch.
> > > 
> > > If I am not wrong with this, what will be the reason to install 5.1 instead 4.8?
> > > I mean, 5.1 has more features but a worst performace that 4.8. On the other hand,
> > > there is no -STABLE branch of 5.1 so the only way to keep you system up to date
> > > is follow the -CURRENT branch which is a little agresive in my case.
> > 
> > Right now, -CURRENT is pretty "stable", since there is no 5-STABLE yet. That branch
> > will probably be branched around 5.2-RELEASE.
> > 
> > So track -CURRENT until -STABLE is branched.
> > 
> > -- Josh
> > 
> 
> 
> Is there any reason why -CURRENT 5.1 is more stable than -CURRENT 4.8?

There is no such thing as -CURRENT 4.8. Read the link someone posted earlier, please.

-- Josh



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