Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:11:16 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: K?vesd?n G?bor <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> Cc: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Pablo Ruggia <pruggia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Freebsd 6.0 Release Time Message-ID: <20050822231116.GB12574@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu> References: <200508222109.j7ML9uG6016071@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <200508222328.24735@harrymail> <430A4612.2070803@t-hosting.hu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:39:30PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > Emanuel Strobl wrote: > > >What's TBA? > > > >But I'd like to advise Pablo to go with 6.0-RC, or even with BETA3 if > >neccessarry, tracking a stable or RELEASE branch in FreeBSD is very easy > >and worth the building mechanisms, especially if you have 10 similar > >machines to maintain. You have a very convenient way to keep security > >risks minimalised and in almost any environment you'll benefit from the > >RELENG_6 performance and hardware enhancements. > > > > > > > That's TBD (= to be decided), not TBA. Jerry mispelled it. I would also > use BETA3 or RC. It is very > easy to upgrade same machines. One can build an install disc on one of > the machines and upgrade via > sysinstall with that disc. There's no need to do a 'make buildworld' on > each machine. I wouldn't, unless you're willing to deal with the possibility of encountering some of the known bugs (i.e. instability) in 6.0 that will be fixed prior to the release. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDCluTWry0BWjoQKURAk8dAKC4rx0fwkmuAFVYh/uwSmyHQN4KIwCcCjzA pHgIPWKUZJ3YRLBbOzU+WcI= =182K -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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