Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:24:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no Cc: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de>, questions-list freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system? Message-ID: <489EC1E6.9050807@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> References: 53237.84.48.122.117.1218294399.squirrel@webmail.uio.no <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de> <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no>
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Torgeir Hoffmann wrote:
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> Please excuse me for branching this thread off into another loosely
> related question. But then, if I am to use this laptop of mine for work=
> (nothing critical): How stable is 7-stable? Can I upgrade to 7-stable v=
ia
> freebsd-update?
RELENG_7 is very stable. It is a development branch, but it is the
ultimate stage of testing before code goes into a release. I've never
personally been bitten by problems introduced into stable -- and I track
it fairly closely on a couple of machines that are pretty important to me=
=2E
Problems in RELENG_7 are rare -- weeks between occurrences -- and when
they do happen it's usually due to trivial errors merging code from HEAD
that stop the system building successfully. That sort of thing is genera=
lly=20
fixed within hours. As the user of a RELENG_7 system, the only effect
this could have on you would be to delay your doing a system update for a=
small time.
You will have to use csup/cvsup to track RELENG_7 and compile world
yourself. FreeBSD-update only covers release branches (eg RELENG_7_0
or 7.0-RELEASE-p3 as it is at the moment.)
Cheers,
Matthew=20
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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