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Date:      Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:35:04 +0330
From:      sasha vigole <sasha.vigole@vigole.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Choosing the right FreeBSD branch to test and maintain ports and docs
Message-ID:  <1569cb7b-aed7-2124-6edf-45509578b952@vigole.com>
In-Reply-To: <GENERATED-WASMISSING-1khqED-000677-NE@LH016.irandns.com>
References:  <8032509a-3377-6589-4e7b-2229a551af65@vigole.com> <GENERATED-WASMISSING-1khqED-000677-NE@LH016.irandns.com>

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>> should I build a testing FreeBSD machine, and maintain them on:
>> 1. base/head branch
>> 2. base/stable/12 branch
>> 3. base/releng/12.2
>> or it's irrelevant.

> Because of trouble with ethernet and wireless support in FreeBSD 12-stable and 13, and a subsequent update going only to the HEAD, I decided to go no furhter with FreeBSD 12.x.
> So I vote for the current branch, which offers more hope for getting needed improvements.
> Tom
Currently, I'm using base/head on my testing machine (/src /doc /ports).
But there's following sentence in the "Contributing to FreeBSD" article:
"FreeBSD only guarantees that the Ports Collection works on the -STABLE"
That has raised doubts about, whether I should change my testing setups.

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