Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:21:34 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ott =?iso-8859-1?q?K=F6stner?= <OttK@zzz.ee> Subject: Re: 7.1 Message-ID: <200811171321.35374.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee> References: <49214F06.9070608@esiee.fr> <49215727.2020802@gmail.com> <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee>
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On Monday 17 November 2008 13:01:53 Ott Köstner wrote:
> Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> > I don't think it is a matter of days, we have not even reached RC
> > status yet on 7.1
> > On a production server you will probably wish to go with
> > 7.0-RELEASE-p5. It would be trivial to upgrade to 7.1 by means of
> > freebsd-update(8) when it is released.
> > You probably don't want to risk 7.1-PRERELEASE on a server, but for
> > anyone running workstations, desktops, laptops I think it is worth
> > trying at this moment.
>
> I am a person, who made a mistake, installing 7.1 on my production
> server (actually RELENG_7 stable, which shows up as 7.1).
>
> My question is, how stupid is that mistake?
Not very. The -stable branches really are stable, 99% of the time. Just glance
through /usr/src/UPDATING. The difference between RELENG_7 now and 7.1 when
it comes out, is:
- fixing of bugs that you would've noticed already (hardware issues,
installer / boot code)
- polishing (dotting i's and crossing t's)
- even more testing then has been done already
- 2 week long security review by the security team
- the packages on the cdroms
- output of uname -r
The release is merely a snapshot of the source tree, that has had more eyes
looking at it then normal. There are no guarantees. If your company policy
requires you to run releases (+ their updates) on production servers, that
would be the only good reason to install 7.0-p5.
Otherwise, keep RELENG_7 and once 7.1 comes out, change csup tag to
RELENG_7_1, recompile and you're done.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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