> On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 01:09:04PM -0800 I heard the voice of > Jo Rhett, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > No, you're missing the point. More core OS upgrades means less > > incremental patches (which are easier to apply than a full update). On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:08:13PM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > Right. I don't understand how B follows A here. > > These patches come from where? Security advisories, mailing list > discussions, and eating too much beef right before bed and waking up > at 2am with brilliant ideas? Why would there be less of them, just > because RELENG_X_Y_RELEASE tags are laid down more often? FreeBSD provides patches for two major OS revisions, right?
If you have more OS revisions in less time, then you have a smaller window of support time. Simple. -- Jo Rhett senior geek SVcolo : Silicon Valley Colocation _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"