On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:44:12AM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > > But really, it's an extraordinary event for snapshots to be broken, > > and it is important that people test them. > > > > I have been running snapshots for years. I don't recall anything broken > in base that I even noticed. There were some problems with ports, but > they were fixed about as rapidly as upstream developments permitted.
I agree with not having base problems, but have ports problems on my server has caused me grief twice. Someone else suggested trying a snapshot at home first. Perfect solution I should have tried first! My Dad is always reluctant to keep a current -current and then he complains about all kinds of web stuff that doesn't work. Then I force him to update and he is then thrilled with the results. > > If I were running a high visibility production server I might run > stable, but that'd just be to minimize changes and downtime.