From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 6 14:44:46 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 212EB37B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:44:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from monster.schulte.org (monster.schulte.org [209.134.156.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B3343EA9 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:44:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by monster.schulte.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F841FEBE; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:44:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from raja.nospam.schulte.org (carpnod.schulte.org [209.134.156.200]) by monster.schulte.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA0F1FE68; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:44:36 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20021206163822.03f34458@localhost> X-Sender: X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:43:54 -0600 To: clark shishido , Aristedes Maniatis From: Christopher Schulte Subject: Re: update strategies Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021206215741.GA69997@ruminary.org> References: <5FCDFD3A-08CB-11D7-86ED-003065A9024A@ish.com.au> <5FCDFD3A-08CB-11D7-86ED-003065A9024A@ish.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 on monster.schulte.org 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 At 01:57 PM 12/6/2002 -0800, clark shishido wrote: >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. I might sound like a broken cd, but this really does work. I've been doing it ever since the security branch was created (RELENG_4_3?) and have bypassed virtually 100% of -STABLE problems while keeping secure and up to date. New features come as needed with RELENG_4_X to RELENG_4_X+1 jumps. >--clark -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message