Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:19:18 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finding a solid current snapshot Message-ID: <20030408001918.GA60667@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030407083433.GF4573@speedy.unibe.ch> References: <20030407083433.GF4573@speedy.unibe.ch>
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--k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 10:34:33AM +0200, Tobias Roth wrote: > Hi >=20 > I would like to upgrade my laptop to CURRENT. CURRENT has been reported > to work a lot better for this model (IBM T30) that any of two actual > RELEASEs or than STABLE. >=20 > Now, since this is a productive system, I am trying to ensure maximum > stability. How (and where) can I find the most stable CURRENT snapshot, > that is as up to date as possible? >=20 > Or, for that matter, how do I find out on what specific time and date > the CURRENT tree is well-working so I can cvsup for that specific > timestamp? >=20 > I have looked a bit through the CURRENT mailing list, but I can only > find 'xy is broken', and no 'today everything is well'. But that seems > to be either in the nature of CURRENT, or maybe in the nature of > mankind itself :-) Read the -current list and the cvs logs and wait for a period when there have been no major upgrades or reports of significant failures for a week or so, then update to the snapshot from a week ago. Kris --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+khWGWry0BWjoQKURAm0+AJ9xBf7yVfgeFUwxfoG5dJqIk2eXtgCfXDLw lqlUDjhtcggJPClt+emawjI= =5S9a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--
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