On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 01:33:36PM +0100, Vincent GROSS wrote:

> 
> ok, I'll try to be clear :
> there is a -current branch (HEAD in CVS technobabble).
> nearly every six month, -current give birth to a release (CDs).
> a release shall move as little as possible. but sometimes, (like now)
> there is a problem which requires patching. because a release is frozen,
> there is a branch with such critical patches and it's called -stable.
> 
> so, in term of patching,
> release + errata = stable     and
> release < stable < current

Thanks, this is a much better explanation than in FAQ sec. 5. The explanation
in FAQ doesn't mention the fact that not only the -current, but also the
-stable is a moving target, though a slowly moving one.

Now I have 4.0-release and want to have a fixed kernel (4.0-stable). Which
version of sources should I download then? 4.0-release or 4.0-stable?

CL<

> 
> upgrading openbsd is merely a question of fetching the sources
> at your nearest anoncvs and compiling them. fetching is handled by cvs,
> compiling by make. The only way to automate further the process is to
> write a shell script and invoking it every day/week.
> 
> Every single detail is explained in the section 5 of the FAQ.
> 
> Note to OpenBSD developers : I know I'm oversimplifying, but i
> think the big picture is correct.
> 
> -- 
> Vincent GROSS

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