On 6 February 2014 12:31, L. V. Lammert <l...@omnitec.net> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Kenneth Westerback wrote: > >> Well, that would imply waiting for May 1 or whenever the physical CD's >> are available. >> > 5.4 is available now, .. > >> Starting now with a -current snapshot means getting everything working >> in the meantime and then ordering the new CD's and installing the >> > Far better to recommend CD installs, .. -current or -release may require a > tad more expertise to manage. > > Lee
I violently disagree! And particularly in this case. Where it would be far better to avoid one whole upgrade cycle by getting the environment working with -current and moving to 5.5-stable safe in the knowledge that you don't have to re-check for flag days, configuration parsing changes, etc. Now, *buying* CD's is always highly recommended. The more the better! .... Ken