Scott Long wrote: > Colin Percival wrote: >> I point releases have been obsoleted by errata notices. In the past when >> X.Y.Z-RELEASE has happened, it has been because of critical bugs in the >> X.Y-RELEASE which there wasn't any other mechanism to fix. Now that we >> have errata noticed and FreeBSD Update is in the base system, it's vastly >> easier for users to run "freebsd-update fetch install" than it is for >> them to upgrade to a new release. > > Not really. 5.2.1 existed because people were having problems getting > 5.2 installed on their ATA disks. If you have big problems with storage > or network, freebsd-update isn't going to be of much use to you.
Good point, I was forgetting exactly what the problems were that time. Colin Percival _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
