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Originally Posted by jggimi
Disadvantages to deploying -current:
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Another aspect of relying on snapshots tends to get forgotten by many.
Snapshots are not merely the system built from code in CVS. Snapshots can include code which is non-committed.
The reason is because snapshots are targeted to the developers themselves. Sometimes it is simpler to disseminate new features for testing to a wider audience by including non-committed code in snapshots.
No information is ever published on what non-committed code may exist in a particular snapshot.
If this is of concern, one can always build the system according to information found in
Section 5.3 of the FAQ. The method described there results in a system built exclusively from code checked into CVS.