From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 25 9:57:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3BB315098 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 09:57:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id RAA16654; Tue, 25 May 1999 17:33:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA15405; Tue, 25 May 1999 17:30:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wilko) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199905251530.RAA15405@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? In-Reply-To: from Seth at "May 25, 1999 9:23:12 am" To: seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org (Seth) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:30:41 +0200 (CEST) Cc: serge69@nym.alias.net, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-pgp-info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As Seth wrote ... > Why not upgrade to -STABLE and solve the problem? I also had panics under > 3.1-RELEASE, but they were all fixed within one week of -STABLE upgrades. I agree this may fix it. But it does not address the original point of Sergey: why should I need to go for V.next if I just got my V.today with -RELEASE stamped on it? Mind you, there are more than enough answers to that question. One of the major ones is the fact that FreeBSD is a volunteer effort. We don't have paid people to test it on a gazillion different hardware platforms. If you think that is not relevant: I used to work with the SCO Unix source base and the amount of comment on hardware quirks is considerable to say the least. No instant answers I guess,. > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Sergey wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > 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. | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message