On Fri, 23 May 2008, 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.
Unless you are actively developing, it is generally better to run snapshots. That being said, I have run -current on my laptop and some production systems for many years. Over this time, I have never had any userland instability and have had to roll back to a previous /bsd maybe twice. There is a reason for things being this reliable - just ask anyone who has broken the tree :) If you choose to run -current, you need to understand 3 things: - You are responsible for your system; don't expect help if it breaks - Subscribe to source-changes, so you have some idea of flag days and special update requirements - Be careful around the time of hackathons; there are often many large and more risky changes made at this gatherings, as well as protocol/ABI flag days. If you aren't the hackathon or in close contact with the people who are then it is best to wait it out and let the dust settle before updating :) -d
