Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:18:13 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deployment considerations between STABLE and RELENG Message-ID: <4496A415.2030500@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <200606180854.27889.jhorne@dfwlp.com> References: <200606180854.27889.jhorne@dfwlp.com>
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Jonathan Horne wrote: > its been a while since i have come to the point where i can cvsup and > buildworld my systems without making any mistakes. but, at this point, so > far, i only buildworld up to STABLE. i do have one dev system that > yesterday, i finally did a buildworld to RELENG. > > as i understand it, STABLE contains all security/bug fixes, as well as all > enhancements to other applications as they have been developed. and that > RELENG contains only security and bugfixes. have i gathered my information > correctly? Yes you have. You might want to read the following article: http://www.dwlabs.ca/freebsd/docs/version-guide/article.html > im interested in polling the users of this list (who frequently buildworld on > their systems), what situations (deployments) STABLE is for, and the same for > RELENG. > Personally, for me, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I only follow errata branches. If you can't afford any down time then don't do it. If you are willing to play around and go off-line for the weekend then go for it. Everything depends on how mission critical your servers are. I still have a few 5.3 boxes cranking around. They've served me well, hence I don't see any necessity upgrading them, yet. Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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