Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 17:30:12 -0000 (GMT) From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> To: Vadim Belman <voland@plab.ku.dk> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <XFMail.19991123173012.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <85903pw3fn.fsf@lflat.dp.ua>
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On 23-Nov-1999 Vadim Belman wrote:
> Hi Daniel!
>
> On 23 Nov 99 at 11:17, "Daniel" (Daniel C Sobral) wrote:
>
> Daniel> 3.x-stable doesn't have that much of a lifetime remaining. I think
> Daniel> it would be better wait 4.x-stable.
>
> Hm, I know few people who think twice before choosing FreeBSD for
> their needs. They think versions change too fast. For some this is
What do they think changes slowly enough ?
> a sign of bad stability (heh...) others just scared of necessity of
> following the releases.
I suggest pointing them at the example of yahoo (an uptime was posted
here recently) as an indication that 'if you don't need the features you don't
need to upgrade'.
> While I myself appreciate transformation of 4.0 into -stable
> because of some useful features and changes I'm looking for, from
> general point of view wouldn't it be better and make lifetime of
> 3.x longer?
I rather expect that just as 2.x lasted well past the introduction of
3-stable so will 3.x outlast the start of 4-stable.
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