On 11/16/05, Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you. However, that entire page out of the handbook pretty much > clarifies that a production environment should *not* track either STABLE > or CURRENT. > > So I'm assuming I'm best off with RELENG_6_0 etc, etc? Does anyone here > actually run STABLE or CURRENT in a production environment? I've > personally had the most luck with RELENG_4 which is still my main box, > but now my curiosity has got the best of me. > > Steve
Ultimately it depends on how much downtime and difficulty you're willing to endure, just in case the -STABLE branch ends up not working for your servers for some particular reason. We use -RELEASE almost exclusively (we have one -STABLE machine, because we needed a newer version of a kernel driver) as we manage hundreds of servers, and there's no one -STABLE release (to properly describe the -STABLE version you're using you have to have the date and time of the cvsup, as opposed to -RELEASE versions being like 5.4-RELEASE-p9). It's easier, and thus more reliable, for us to have stable(heh) version strings. If you're just working with a handful of servers, -STABLE would probably be fine, as long as you have backups and know how to revert to previous versions when it becomes necessary. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
