Re: good time to move to 2.9 betas?

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 01:00:03PM +1000, carl_(_at_)_bl_(_dot_)_echidna_(_dot_)_id_(_dot_)_au wrote:
> 
> I'm running a small webserver with mysql and php, currently 2.8 + patches
> is now a good time to move it to 2.9 betas (it's an Intel i815 based
> board , from ASUS, in a 1ru case)?
> 
> It's not yet a production box, but will be pretty soon, can anyone
> recommend a good snapshot to put on it?

I'd go with -current from CVS. The improvements over 2.8-stable are huge,
especially for server usage. The improvements regarding disk access
(reliable softupdates, new dirpref code) are giving a big performance
increase, and the stability is great.
If you have any boxens around running no mission critical stuff its a very
good time to let them run 2.9-beta (aka -current). Don't forget to send
dmesg from GENERIC kernel to dmesg_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org and report your experiences,
this is important for 2.9-releases quality.
I'm running my personal notebook and our compile server under -current with
great success. 

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