From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 11 03:41:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B7D16A406 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1100913C467 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:41:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so224821ugh for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:41:27 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=SBlrK2cDdXyTMVj0IcfQgG+rbtehldse5NDlYJG5k24SVdOHPNucBFjcR6tR7u9YpV/oJxQc6rSQjEgHkE442AjJWx9ymnDMmM7WD7jEKE1IHVO9biyj3JwzpRbLwDjC7QTOV43ua+Bb0bXAjEN6G9sZKjfWBDFWUtaP2yJRoss= Received: by 10.78.100.1 with SMTP id x1mr5339063hub.1171165287749; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:41:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.20 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:41:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:41:27 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: Michael In-Reply-To: <45CE769B.60708@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45CE41ED.3050900@gmail.com> <20070210230636.GA5968@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <45CE5846.80002@gmail.com> <20070211002949.GA6384@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <45CE769B.60708@gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 198d536647c616e2 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup tag for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:41:29 -0000 On 2/11/07, Michael wrote: > Now getting back to my original question, if you > are running a production server, does it make sense to pull down ports > which are under the -CURRENT tag=. or should anyone who's running a > production server just stick with what's in the current release ports? > Would I benefit more from pulling down the most current ports because it > offers the most up to date packages? > > If neither is safer than I think it's probably ok to just continue to > pull down the most current, if that's not true than I should probably > just use the ports which came with the release. This is what I'd like > people's comments on more than anything else. > > Thanks for your feedback I really appreciate it. There are many different approaches to safety (as in reliability and security). There's being absolutely reactive, that is never do anything until something disastrous happens. Don't touch your servers until they're full of dirt, cobweb, trojans, viruses, etc., and actually go down. There's being absolutely proactive, that is take an active part in the communities around the software you use, stay up-to-date on current issues and keep your boxes fresh with new releases. Most admins are somewhere in between, you'll have to choose where to dwell for yourself based on the time and enthusiasm you have.