From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 17:37:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB1216A41A for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 173BE13C465 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 16715 invoked by uid 399); 15 Aug 2007 17:37:41 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 15 Aug 2007 17:37:41 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:37:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Artem Kuchin In-Reply-To: <004001c7df0a$fc2a5c10$0c00a8c0@Artem> Message-ID: References: <004001c7df0a$fc2a5c10$0c00a8c0@Artem> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How stable is 7 now? How to cvs it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:37:42 -0000 On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Artem Kuchin wrote: > Hello! > > I have heard that 7 is very stable since november and > much better (perfomance wise since GIANT lock have been > deleted completely) since that time. Partially. It is pretty stable right now for the most part since we're in a code freeze, but you might want to wait for the first beta before you jump in. Also, GIANT is still there in some places, but a LOT fewer now than before. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection