Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 06:04:46 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, Lefteris Tsintjelis <lefty@ene.asda.gr>, Peter Hoskin <peterh@ripewithdecay.com>, Hununu <hununu@netcabo.pt>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Message-ID: <20021117040446.GA15886@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <20021116232242.S23359-100000@hub.org> References: <006601c28ddf$604010f0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <20021116232242.S23359-100000@hub.org>
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Hello, Marc G. Fournier! On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:28:30PM -0400, you wrote: > > > It sure is misleading. Why is it called -stable then? You would > > expect > > > to stand up to its name. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Lefteris Tsintjelis > > > > > > > It depends on your point of view. -CURRENT is noted as occasionally > > being broken to the point that it won't even build. The RELENG_4 > > branch (almost) always will. From a -CURRENT point of view, > > RELENG_4 is "stable." > > > > However, to someone looking from the other direction, I can see > > where it might be 'misleading.' Perhaps it should have been called > > "FUTURE" and "CURRENT", instead. But I'm not sure that any > > of the core team or committers would consider themselves 'prophets.' > > ;-) > > Occasional problems with -STABLE I've always expected ... I don't run a > typical server ... hell, I had a problem for awhile there where I was > hitting the edge of the KVM, causing it to crash ... but, I swear, > STABLE's stability has been going down, not improving ... to the point > where I had one machine running a Sept10th kernel that would run for a few > weeks in a stretch, but a newer kernel I'd be lucky to keep alive for > 24-48hrs ... http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ -> "The Cutting Edge" -- NEVE-RIPE Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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