On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:06:54PM -0500, C. Ulrich wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 07:14, Peter Risdon wrote: > > I just moved from 5.1-current to 5.1 release, and fixed a lot of > > problems on a horribly unstable box by doing so. I believe downgrading > > to stable is very awkward, but others will be better qualified to > > discuss that than I am. > > On a related note, I know that following CURRENT is a game of risk, but > are current branch releases (such as 5.1-RELEASE) intended to be a bit > more stable and usable than staying constantly up to date with CURRENT?
Yes, that is the intention. > > In other words, is there a pretty good chance that 5.2-RELEASE won't > break my (non-production) workstation too horribly when it comes out? Or > does it carry the same exact risks as following CURRENT? Before a -RELEASE goes out there will have been a period of code freeze during which no big, potentially disruptive, changes are allowed. This means that the code that is in a release will have had at least some time to stabilize, and has been tested by more people than just the person who wrote the code. I would say that there is a fairly good chanse 5.2-RELEASE will be fairly solid when it comes out. Maybe not quite as stable as 4.9-RELEASE, but a good deal safer than the latest code from -CURRENT. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
