From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 12 23:14:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5527D37B9E0; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:14:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id XAA77974; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:14:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:14:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Francisco Reyes Cc: FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Is Stable really stable? In-Reply-To: <200007130542.BAA36692@vulcan.addy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > My dream "Stable" branch is one where I can just recompile sources and > have the kernel install.. in the same way as long as there isn't a new > version. I don't think "surprises" are a good thing in a "stable" > branch. An addendum to my previous message: the above is an incorrect expectation of what "FreeBSD-stable" is. I refer you to the handbook: ==== 18.2.2.1. What is FreeBSD-STABLE? FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch for a more low-key and conservative set of changes intended for our next mainstream release. Changes of an experimental or untested nature do not go into this branch (see FreeBSD-CURRENT). ==== Specifically, FreeBSD-STABLE is not guaranteed to always build or never have upgrade hoops to jump through, although of course we do everything we can to make sure that these are minimized - build problems are usually fixed within minutes or hours, and are usually well-documented if you read the appropriate resources. What FreeBSD-STABLE is, is a set of *features* which have been tested and shown to be stable (i.e. not crash your machine). You are confusing the method with the end result. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message