Date: 23 Nov 1999 20:14:50 +0200 From: Vadim Belman <voland@plab.ku.dk> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <85g0xxulb9.fsf@lflat.dp.ua> In-Reply-To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith"'s message of "Tue, 23 Nov 1999 17:30:12 -0000 (GMT)" References: <XFMail.19991123173012.steveo@eircom.net>
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Hi Steve!
On 23 Nov 99 at 19:30, "Steve" (Steve O'Hara-Smith) wrote:
>> Hm, I know few people who think twice before choosing FreeBSD for
>> their needs. They think versions change too fast. For some this is
Steve> What do they think changes slowly enough ?
This is not statistically correct to derive it from a single person
answers. 8) So, I won't do it. 8)
>> a sign of bad stability (heh...) others just scared of necessity of
>> following the releases.
Steve> I suggest pointing them at the example of yahoo (an uptime
Steve> was posted here recently) as an indication that 'if you don't need
Steve> the features you don't need to upgrade'.
This is exactly what I say! BSD'ers are too similar to each other
when it is going about such questions.
>> 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?
Steve> I rather expect that just as 2.x lasted well past the
Steve> introduction of 3-stable so will 3.x outlast the start of 4-stable.
It definitely will. Same time, lots of people miss this point.
--
/Voland Vadim Belman
E-mail: voland@plab.ku.dk
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