From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 23:11:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E2216A41F for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:11:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5201C43D48 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:11:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j7MNBHvf019565 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:17 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j7MNBG6P015643; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:16 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3870254B3B; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:16 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: K?vesd?n G?bor Message-ID: <20050822231116.GB12574@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200508222109.j7ML9uG6016071@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <200508222328.24735@harrymail> <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FkmkrVfFsRoUs1wW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Emanuel Strobl , Jerry McAllister , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Pablo Ruggia Subject: Re: Freebsd 6.0 Release Time 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, 22 Aug 2005 23:11:18 -0000 --FkmkrVfFsRoUs1wW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:39:30PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > Emanuel Strobl wrote: >=20 > >What's TBA? > > > >But I'd like to advise Pablo to go with 6.0-RC, or even with BETA3 if=20 > >neccessarry, tracking a stable or RELEASE branch in FreeBSD is very easy= =20 > >and worth the building mechanisms, especially if you have 10 similar=20 > >machines to maintain. You have a very convenient way to keep security=20 > >risks minimalised and in almost any environment you'll benefit from the= =20 > >RELENG_6 performance and hardware enhancements. > > > >=20 > > > That's TBD (=3D to be decided), not TBA. Jerry mispelled it. I would also= =20 > use BETA3 or RC. It is very > easy to upgrade same machines. One can build an install disc on one of=20 > the machines and upgrade via > sysinstall with that disc. There's no need to do a 'make buildworld' on= =20 > each machine. I wouldn't, unless you're willing to deal with the possibility of encountering some of the known bugs (i.e. instability) in 6.0 that will be fixed prior to the release. Kris --FkmkrVfFsRoUs1wW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDCluTWry0BWjoQKURAk8dAKC4rx0fwkmuAFVYh/uwSmyHQN4KIwCcCjzA pHgIPWKUZJ3YRLBbOzU+WcI= =182K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FkmkrVfFsRoUs1wW--