5.1 release cvsuping

[stuart nichols]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, tony wrote:

> is this what I want?
> RELENG_5_1

It depends upon what you are trying to do.  If you've
installed 5.1 as a working production server, then yes,
you should track RELENG_5_1 with cvsup, rather than
-CURRENT.

As someone else wrote, the -STABLE branch is still 4.X,
and 5.X is -CURRENT.  I would not track either of those
for a production server.  The 5_1 track is the minimum
amount of changes to fix major security or functional
problems within 5.1.

If 5.1 supports all the hardware you have, you should
stick with RELEASE_5_1.  It will forever be 5.1.  It
never progresses on its own to another version of FreeBSD.
You will have to deliberately choose to upgrade to a newer
version when one is available and you decide it makes sense
to upgrade.  There have been very few changes to RELENG_5_1.

stu


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of tony
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:53 PM
> To: stable at freebsd.org
> Subject: 5.1 release cvsuping
>
>
> sorry to bother everyone but I've been pretty inactive lately.
>
> I just installed 5.1 release and I usually cvsup to stable but I'm not sure
> there is a stable version yet.
>
> should I bother with cvsuping? I have always followed the stable track..
>
> This is for a firewall machine with simple rules running dns, samba, ftp,
> etc...

> Tony