From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 12:21:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC0301065670 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE03E8FC12 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from localhost (mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.101]) by mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09C8AFC1C6; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:21:56 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:21:34 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <49214F06.9070608@esiee.fr> <49215727.2020802@gmail.com> <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee> In-Reply-To: <49215D31.8000709@zzz.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811171321.35374.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: Ott =?iso-8859-1?q?K=F6stner?= Subject: Re: 7.1 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: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:57 -0000 On Monday 17 November 2008 13:01:53 Ott K=F6stner 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 gla= nce=20 through /usr/src/UPDATING. The difference between RELENG_7 now and 7.1 when= =20 it comes out, is: =2D fixing of bugs that you would've noticed already (hardware issues,=20 installer / boot code) =2D polishing (dotting i's and crossing t's) =2D even more testing then has been done already =2D 2 week long security review by the security team =2D the packages on the cdroms =2D output of uname -r The release is merely a snapshot of the source tree, that has had more eyes= =20 looking at it then normal. There are no guarantees. If your company policy= =20 requires you to run releases (+ their updates) on production servers, that= =20 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=20 RELENG_7_1, recompile and you're done. =2D-=20 Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.