Should i switch to current?

szilard

I am using OBSD 7.3 as my main OS on my Thinkpad. Everything works OK, but i am wondering if i should switch to current, as some programs have newer versions for current in the port repository. Maybe updating for the sake of updating is not a good idea. Also can i switch back from current to release after the fact? Thanks!

szilard I don't know about OpenBSD but, on NetBSD is possible to run current packages on a stable base.

untitled

on NetBSD is possible to run current packages on a stable base.

Are there packages on NetBSD -current to begin with? I thought packages are only built for releases and on -current you have to build everything yourself.

kc9udx

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

bsduck

As far as I know you can't use latest packages on an OpenBSD release, at least it's not a supported configuration.

If you're ok with the software versions available, I'd rather stay on a stable release. Using development versions without a particular reason to do so is just asking for trouble.

CiotBSD

bsduck As far as I know you can't use latest packages on an OpenBSD release

unless you recompile them yourself… 😉

kc9udx

untitled
"Build it yourself" with pkgsrc can be done on one line less than 80 chars 😁

It might take some time, but it's very simple to do (unless the package is broken, hey, it can happen.)

untitled There were for sometime. Unfortunately, they are now being built for 10_BETA.

That's the reason why, I'm compiling everything from source, as I do want to run current and not release.