From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 15:59:57 2004 Return-Path: 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 8147116A4FF for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:59:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7FE43D45 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:59:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1BXj11-0001AG-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:59:56 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16581.57971.324955.793717@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:47 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <40C5DBD1.5010607@circlesquared.com> References: <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <20040608144433.D31793@unsane.co.uk> <40C5DBD1.5010607@circlesquared.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta16) "celeriac" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:59:57 -0000 Peter Risdon writes: > I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch sees > many commits that are likely to be problematic. In general, no. On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario: if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some absolutely critical deadline. I have learned from bitter experience that guaranteed updates, aren't. Robert Huff