release name question and cvsup

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wonslung

i know this is likely a stupid question but is there a difference between RELENG_7 and RELENG_7_2 when doing cvsup right now?

i just wanna make sure i have the most current stable release, i noticed cvsup changed maybe 6 files in /usr/src when i updated it earlier.
 
so 7-stable is more current than 7_2?
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No, 7_2 is upto date security release. One should use 7_2.
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Wrong. RELENG_7_2 is for a production system. 7-STABLE is the development branch of the 7 branch of FreeBSD, which I use e.g. for my desktop, but wouldn't for my server.
So 7_RELENG is the development version of the Stable-Branch, and therefor more up-to-date as 7_2_RELENG (e.g. ZFS right now).

and will eventually be 7_3?
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Noop. I think next in line is 8.0
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8.0-RELEASE will be released first, but a 7.3-RELEASE will come for sure as well. 7.3-RELEASE will be a branched from 7-STABLE and not 8.

mousaka
 
this isn't for a server, i was going to run it on my desktop/laptop.

thanks for the info, i THOUGHT that's the way it worked but i wasn't 100% sure.

reading the cvs tag page, i wasn't 100% clear on whether RELENG_7 was the most recent version of the 7 line or not.

It's slightly confusing at first because theres more than one in active development it seems. But if i understand it correctly (and i think i do now, thanks!) 8 is the most experiemental with the newest features, 7 is the one that is considered stable and 6 is the old stable but it seems there is still new versions of 6 7 and 8 coming out.
When 8 becomes the stable then 6 will stop right?

Is there any real reason to not upgrade from 7.0 or 7.1 to 7.2?
other than downtime?
 
Have a look at Release Engineering Information, Code-Freeze status. There you see which branches are open for development.

You could still enhance RELENG_2_2 if you like too. :)

Under FreeBSD Security Information you see which releases are supported at the moment and for how long.

Is there any real reason to not upgrade from 7.0 or 7.1 to 7.2?
other than downtime?
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No. I think some users have troubles booting from CD-ROM with 7.2 which could be a show-stopper if you want to install this way.

mousaka
 
Thanks for taking the time to explain this stuff to me.


i'm pretty new to freebsd in general (probably pretty obvious by my question =)) But so far i'm really in love with it. I've been using different linux distros for a long time, its' been a few years since i've even ran windows outside of a virtual machine. I decided to give freebsd a try because someone else i knew had mentioned that it handles load better than linux. I'm really impressed with everything so far. I have a couple webpages i used to run on linux, machine used to run at 5-6 load on linux, it's running at 0.3-0.7 on freebsd. I'm absolutely in love with it, though it took some getting used to.
 
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