From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 14:42:40 2003 Return-Path: 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 7EDEF16A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:42:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cobble.capnet.state.tx.us (cobble.capnet.state.tx.us [141.198.179.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7FF043FE9 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:42:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us) Received: from cobble.capnet.state.tx.us (localhost.capnet.state.tx.us [127.0.0.1])h88LsKd5018854; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:54:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us) Received: from localhost (fbsdstable@localhost)h88LsGl7018851; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:54:20 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:54:16 -0500 (CDT) From: stuart nichols To: tony In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030908163612.U18833-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5.1 release cvsuping X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:42:40 -0000 On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, tony wrote: > is this what I want? > RELENG_5_1 It depends upon what you are trying to do. If you've installed 5.1 as a working production server, then yes, you should track RELENG_5_1 with cvsup, rather than -CURRENT. As someone else wrote, the -STABLE branch is still 4.X, and 5.X is -CURRENT. I would not track either of those for a production server. The 5_1 track is the minimum amount of changes to fix major security or functional problems within 5.1. If 5.1 supports all the hardware you have, you should stick with RELEASE_5_1. It will forever be 5.1. It never progresses on its own to another version of FreeBSD. You will have to deliberately choose to upgrade to a newer version when one is available and you decide it makes sense to upgrade. There have been very few changes to RELENG_5_1. stu > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of tony > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:53 PM > To: stable@freebsd.org > Subject: 5.1 release cvsuping > > > sorry to bother everyone but I've been pretty inactive lately. > > I just installed 5.1 release and I usually cvsup to stable but I'm not sure > there is a stable version yet. > > should I bother with cvsuping? I have always followed the stable track.. > > This is for a firewall machine with simple rules running dns, samba, ftp, > etc... > Tony