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Subject: RE: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? 
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> Speaking from a developer's viewpoint; if a complaint from any quarter
> doesn't contain the bare minimum of real information needed to identify
> the problem (or at least problem class) it's worthless.  In fact, it's
> worse than worthless, it's an active waste of my time even thinking
> about it.

	That I do disagree with. The complaint was precise -- the RELEASE was not
stable.

	While it did not contain enough information to solve the problem, there are
certainly possible solutions to it. For example, RELEASEs could be frozen a
bit longer prior to actual release. More effort could be made to obtain
wider testing for pre-RELEASEs. The RELEASE stream could be split off of
STABLE earlier and allowed to stabilize without bouncing STABLE around with
it.

	I'm not saying any of these solution will work, but I am saying that he
provided enough information to identify the problem class.

	DS



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