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Hi
How close is today snapshot to release version on 1 november ? It is enough stable for network gateway, how do you think ? |
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Today's snapshot is ahead of the release in the development process. It has features and fixes that are not in the version that will be released ~1 Nov., but release is the more conservative way to go; snapshots sometimes don't quite work for everybody, although this is rare.
If I were installing a gateway for money for someone who intended to use it to make money, I would install a release unless I *had* to have a feature that had not made the release cycle yet. |
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You asked this question, or a very similar question, in March. 5.0-release will become available and supported on or about 1 November. Development of 5.0-release completed in early August. Development of -current is now 2.5 months beyond 5.0-release.
FAQ 5.1 describes the development and release cycle. Please read it; you will find that section of the FAQ insightful. |
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Because production of the official CD set has to be planned & managed making sure that the sets are available on the release date, the OpenBSD project will tag in CVS the file versions used to build OpenBSD 5.0-release months in advance.
CVS tagging for OpenBSD 5.0-release took place mid-August: http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6237 Recent snapshots will have 2.5 months of check-ins past what constitutes 5.0-release. Quote:
More information on what is expected of -current users can be found in Section 5.1 of the FAQ. Last edited by ocicat; 20th October 2011 at 05:45 PM. |
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Thank's for help |
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