Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:13:27 +0000 From: Matt Saunders <matt.saunders@easynet.net> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION: Call for opinion re: root device naming change Message-ID: <19980318101327.23426.qmail@omega.noc.easynet.net> In-Reply-To: <350F6A80.ADFF653E@pacbell.net>; from Michael Oski on Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 10:32:32PM -0800 References: <199803180244.TAA14410@const.> <350F6A80.ADFF653E@pacbell.net>
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On Mar 18, Michael Oski wrote: > [Resend due to formatting error] > > One more vote for leaving it in!!! > > I was new to unix when I first installed FreeBSD 2.1.5 when it was first > released. It only took about 2 months to learn that searching these > mailing lists and reading other available info was *required* when > tracking -STABLE. > > IMHO anyone planning on upgrading ***ANY*** operating system should look > before leaping - or suffer whatever extra work which results. This is a > work-in-progress OS, it's user's need to be able to adapt to changes > such as this. The change is already in (and I was "bitten" by it). Taking it out again just means it has to go back in again at a later date and all the heartache happens again. I say keep it. The "tracking STABLE" section of the handbook is very careful to point out that reading this list is important if you want to track stable. But it contradicts that in some ways with "If you are a commercial user or someone who puts maximum stability of their FreeBSD system before all other concerns, you should consider tracking stable" - which kind of implies that STABLE contains only bugfixes over RELEASE and won't break existing setups. I think maybe purpose of STABLE needs to be clarified a little on that page... -- M a t t S a u n d e r s Systems Engineer Easynet Group plc http://www.easynet.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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