On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Jacob Yocom-Piatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris wrote: >> >> I can see from the recent undeadly posts and pictures that most >> developers are using laptops and I know you have to run -current to do >> development work. I was just wondering if these laptops are for >> development use only or development+personal use? I know -current can >> break sometimes and am just curious to know if developers risk putting >> personal stuff on a laptop that is being used for active development. >> >> > > a more general rule for information on computers: > > if it is important, it should be backed up > > a good test to see if changes in -current 'break' your system is to boot the > new kernel with the old userland to check if it works. this assumes you're > going from one snapshot to another, and is by no means a foolproof > technique. [...]
I have been running -current since I started OpenBSD on my laptop about an year ago. And not a single time I faced any instability/failure. I also build the kernel, userland, and X once a week. Though I don't actively develop OpenBSD, I do have my entire official work on it. Which pretty much means I am hosed if things go wrong. But hey, I do also take nightly backups on my "critical" data - /etc, /home (though reading the thread I understood that I also need to backup /var. Thanks Chris), and religiously follow http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html -Amarendra -- Pune, INDIA.
