From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jun 24 17:39:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-172.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852B437B401 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:39:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (topperwein.dyndns.org [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f5P0fAM18357 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:41:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:41:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: RE: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <15155.56039.812973.488190@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, 22 Jun 2001, Joe Kelsey wrote: > I personally think it does not matter how often you cvsup and rebuild. > Sometimes, I go for months, sometimes I do it daily. It all depends. Indeed. If there aren't any recent "gotchas" posted to -stable without "here's the fix, it's already been MFC'd", cvsup away. If there *are* gotchas, hold off. It's not possible to predict, which is why you must follow the list to avoid being bitten. > If you have any thoughts of running cvsup at all, you need to have a > fast connection. It is definitely not for dialup users. Maybe that > should go in the handbook--only do it if you have DSL or cable modem or > better. That's not true. When I still had only a dialup connection, I'd fire up cvsup, go to bed, and then start my buildworld in the morning. It worked just fine. > My basic point is that it is not possible to "schedule" the activity in > advance due to the changing nature of the source tree. You have to > constantly monitor the mailing list and make your own decision based on > mailing list traffic. Ayup. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message