On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:00:32 -0800, "Jason Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks Matthew for your explanation. You answered a lot of my questions. > Makes sense now really. > > Just out of curiosity, why would someone want to use: > > RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE? > > Is there some type of benefit? > One would think that the best option for production servers is: > > RELENG_4_8 > > THanks for your insight.
Releases are thoroughly tested through multiple release candidate stages, but bugs occasionally slip through even there. The security/bugfix branch is not as widely tested, but is reliable to the extent that a few isolated fixes shouldn't break anything and can undergo fairly thorough testing by relatively fewer people. There are those who will trust the thorough testing theory more than the few-isolated-fixes theory. Also, particular production servers may not be running the piece of the base system in which a security hole is found, e.g., sendmail. Both are legitimate reasons to stick with the release rather than the security branch. Jud _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
