From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 1 13:35:46 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13811646 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:35:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from cpsmtpb-ews05.kpnxchange.com (cpsmtpb-ews05.kpnxchange.com [213.75.39.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64212B85 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:35:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpsps-ews21.kpnxchange.com ([10.94.84.187]) by cpsmtpb-ews05.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.17514); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:35:35 +0200 Received: from CPSMTPM-TLF102.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.5]) by cpsps-ews21.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.17514); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:35:35 +0200 Received: from sjakie.klop.ws ([212.182.167.131]) by CPSMTPM-TLF102.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.17514); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:35:35 +0200 Received: from 212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sjakie.klop.ws (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94DC4CF9 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:35:35 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE stability? References: <201309301901.NAA28515@mail.lariat.net> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:35:35 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <201309301901.NAA28515@mail.lariat.net> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (FreeBSD) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Oct 2013 13:35:35.0724 (UTC) FILETIME=[1BE8A6C0:01CEBEAB] X-RcptDomain: freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:35:46 -0000 On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:01:26 +0200, Brett Glass wrote: > How stable are folks finding FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to be? The improvements > are welcome, but there have been a few troubling messages about kernel > panics and VM issues on the various mailing lists. It's never clear > until the release drops whether these are actual problems with the > software or hardware defects in individual systems, so I am eager to > hear how the new release is working for everyone. > > --Brett Glass I agree that on the mailinglist it looks like this happens: 1. X.Y-RELEASE 2. bugfixes on X.Y-STABLE 3. half way between 2 releases X.Y-STABLE looks pretty good 4. announcement code freeze X.(Y+1)-RELEASE is coming 5. MFC all kinds of new features from -HEAD to -STABLE 6. A lot of mails about bugs and also fixes 7. X.(Y+1)-RELEASE 8. bugfixes on X.(Y+1)-STABLE 9. half way between 2 releases X.(Y+1)-STABLE is pretty good But in the end a mailinglist is a collection of problem reports and not a collection of success stories. For a lot of people it runs very well and you never here them. So I guess it all runs pretty well unless your system does not. Cheers, Ronald.