From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 6 13:57:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3301237B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:57:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ruminary.org (chiku.ruminary.org [216.218.185.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABA543E4A for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from clark@ruminary.org) Received: by ruminary.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BE56722E19; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:57:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:57:41 -0800 From: clark shishido To: Aristedes Maniatis Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update strategies Message-ID: <20021206215741.GA69997@ruminary.org> References: <5FCDFD3A-08CB-11D7-86ED-003065A9024A@ish.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5FCDFD3A-08CB-11D7-86ED-003065A9024A@ish.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:32:40PM +1100, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > > It appears that there are two strategies for updating FreeBSD systems: > > * cvsup the latest STABLE release on a regular basis > * get the CD release (4.6, 4.7, etc) snapshots periodically and update > from that either with binaries or compiled from source > > I am curious about what most people do. For a server where stability is > important, I obviously don't want to buildworld once a week, but it is > also important to keep on top of bug reports and security holes. to answer one of your original questions there's a third option if you want stability and security. Rse one of the security branches RELENG_4_[5-7] for your cvsup tag. This way you'll avoid the major changes in -STABLE but still get the security and severe bugs fixes. --clark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message