Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:53:07 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au>, "Sergey" <serge69@nym.alias.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? Message-ID: <000001bea672$dce52580$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <199905250541.WAA00380@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Have you stopped to consider that users may just want to _use_ FreeBSD without having to follow the development? Have you considered that bad releases affect them? This is yet another piece of the 'Open Source' versus 'company supported' puzzle. DS > You write to tell us now that a release that was produced some four > months ago is (was?) unstable? > > Have you noticed that we've done another release since then? > > Have you stopped to consider that it isn't even slightly helpful to > report problems with FreeBSD _after_ a release? We depend on our users > to tell us about problems on the -stable branch before it's rolled into > a release, not afterwards. If you're not willing to take part in this > process, your complaints are likely to be ignored at the very least. > > I've checked this out on good hardware. And now can CLAIM that > > 3.1-R *really* have kernel problems on FreeBSD's "classic" > configuration. > > This bug causes TERRIBLE instability - panic in 24 hours. Even > Microsoft's > > OSes gives significantly better results > > > > > > > > This is mourning day for me - I CAN'T believe in stability of RELEASES > > any more... > > > > > > With best regards, Sergey. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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