From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 19 06:15:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA08123 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 06:15:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu [152.1.88.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA08116 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 06:15:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu) Received: (from bsdbob@localhost) by seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02897; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:10:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bsdbob) From: "Robert D. Keys" Message-Id: <199808191310.JAA02897@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Subject: Re: 2.2.7 vs 3.0 In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Aug 18, 98 03:11:40 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:10:00 -0400 (EDT) Cc: romank@graphnet.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I am about to build a new web server. I have been working with 2.2.7 > > since its release and know it's stable, but I am _dying_ to play with > > 3.0. The question is: is 3.0 stable enough for something like this, or > > should I just wait for the release? > > 3.0 is in pretty bad shape at the moment while the ELF transition happens. > The last stable period was in late July, the 22nd sticks in my mind. I have been using the 23 May 3.0-SNAP at home and in the office, and it has not broken yet. I had a couple of the later snaps crash and burn. I dunno if I would use it for a commercial web server, but on my office boxes and servers, and the home toys, it is doing great! Seamless ftp, floppy, and tape installs in my hands, on all my lowendian boxes. Kudos to the development crewe..... RDK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message