On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 09:36:31AM +0100, Manuel Giraud wrote: > "J.C. Roberts" <list-...@designtools.org> writes: > > > The short answer is painfully simple; if you're running OpenBSD as your > > desktop/laptop and you have a clue, then run just -current. > > > > These days, the -stable branch still exists primarily due to historical > > precedence for people unwilling to update their thinking. > > After 6 month using -current as desktop I was about to follow the > opposite path and try to stay -stable (after 4.7 is released). > > Using -current, I sometimes have had to upgrade to the latest snapshot > just because I wanted to install some new package and bumped into an > error like "not good version of libc".
Yes, you're running a development version, which means that when library bumps happen, you're going to have to deal with them. > > In fact, I thought that having a -release (and -stable) was a strength > of OpenBSD (if not why put so much effort for that). Actually, most effort goes towards -current, with -stable only getting major security/reliability fixes. For a while, there weren't any -stable ports, due to a lack of manpower. > > -- > Manuel Giraud
