Which FreeBSD source branch are you tracking?

Which FreeBSD source branch are you tracking?

  • main (15-CURRENT)

    Votes: 5 16.1%

  • stable/14 (14-STABLE)

    Votes: 8 25.8%

  • releng/14.3 (14.3-RELEASE)

    Votes: 14 45.2%

  • releng/14.2 (14.2-RELEASE)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • stable/13 (13-STABLE)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • releng/13.5 (13.5-RELEASE)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • I don't track FreeBSD source code

    Votes: 8 25.8%
  • Total voters
    31
I build images from four branches. Three standard (main, stable/<latest>, releng/<latest>) and one non-standard: my own stable/15 which is main, checked out to the monthly suggested stabilization week commit.

I name the images after the version number they will ultimately produce. releng is obviously fixed. stable/14 produces 14.4. stable/15 produces 15.0, and main is always just main.

When new releases come out, I update the config to point to the correct branches. When 14.4 gets released, stable/14 will start producing 14.5, if there will be a 14.5

The point is, I'm always building the next minor and major versions and can test against them. The infrastructure naturally supports the maturation of any given release. I'm always thinking in terms of major and minor version, and whether that's produced by releng/ stable/ or main doesn't matter much to me.
 
Can't select multiple branches, but I have 1 system on 15-CURRENT (will probably be moved to stable/15 when it's available), two on stable/14 and everything else is on 14.2 or 14.3-RELEASE (in the process of updating everything) but I use binary upgrades there, so no source tracking. The two stable/14 will probably move to stable/15 when it's available.

At the moment my poudriere server builds 6 different repositories, a desktop set for stable/14 and 14.2-RELEASE, and a server set for 14.2-RELEASE, 14.3-RELEASE, 15-CURRENT and 14-STABLE. This will eventually be cut down to 4; desktop and server for 15/stable and 14.3-RELEASE. Although I might add one on 16.0-CURRENT, just for testing purposes.
 
The vote should allow multiple selections.

I track the main branch and stable/14. When stable/15 is created I’ll add it. I’ll stop tracking stable/14 when all stable/14 machines are updated to stable/15 (not until after 15 is released).
 
14.3-RELEASE, where I'll stay for a while, I suspect. I don't expect to move to 15 any time soon.

I was on 13.2-RELEASE until a few months ago.
 
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