From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 6 05:27:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA28982 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 05:27:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA28960 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 05:27:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from james@jraynard.demon.co.uk) Received: (from james@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02367; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 21:19:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from james) Message-ID: <19980605211913.19239@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 21:19:13 +0100 From: James Raynard To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.99999? References: <4.0.1.19980604174542.044f7310@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <4.0.1.19980604174542.044f7310@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 05:55:18PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 05:55:18PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I've got a quandary on my hands. I need to deploy a new UNIX server, and > would like to run FreeBSD on it. I could run 2.2.6 (with patches -- unless > a 2.2.7 is imminent) on it, or risk going to 3.0-current. According to Jordan's recent Usenet posting there will be a 2.2.7 release in mid-July. (Note the disclaimer about dates, though). > 2.2.6 is > fabulously stable, but -current has so many appealing features that are not > being migrated back to 2.2.x (for instance, CAM, DOS VMs, long user names, > 64-bit dates, etc.) that I'd be sacrificing a lot if I installed 2.2.6. It depends whether you prefer features or reliability :-) If, as you say, it's a production machine, I would stick to 2.2.x. > How far is 3.0 away from prime time? Mid-October, although I suspect this may well slip. > What is the official criterion for > deciding when it's ready to do a release? Basically whenever the core team feel it's ready. > Now that it has so many things > that 2.2.6 doesn't, is it time for a 2.9999 release based on the -current > source tree to wring out the remaining bugs? Maybe. I have to admit I worry sometimes about the ever-widening gap between -stable and -current and how well all the new features in 3.0 are going to work in the field. James (not a member of core) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message