From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 18 16:01:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A19D16A4CF; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:01:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from energistic.com (mail.energistic.com [216.54.148.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 129B943D5F; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:01:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@virtual-voodoo.com) Received: from inlafsteve (bdsl.66.12.217.51.gte.net [66.12.217.51]) (authenticated bits=0) by energistic.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3IG1A3Q092522; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:01:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from steve@virtual-voodoo.com) Message-ID: <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net> From: "Steve Ames" To: "Colin Percival" , "Brett Glass" References: <20050412213328.GC1953@lava.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417185631.05349ee0@localhost> <200504180330.37184.danny@ricin.com> <426310A0.7060906@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417202031.0490ad98@localhost> <4263280B.3010601@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418020749.05761298@localhost> <002b01c5442c$d4a1caf0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418094749.057187f0@localhost> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:00:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_FAIL, USER_IN_WHITELIST_TO autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on energistic.com cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:01:14 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Glass" > At 09:39 AM 4/18/2005, Steve Ames wrote: > > >Nothing stops someone other than the normal RE team from rolling something > >release-esque (like a 4.X snapshot) and requesting that it be made available > >for download on the FreeBSD sites.... or rolling your own release for > >internal use. > > Perhaps. But then, all of the software that recognizes "official" releases > and does things like download ports, etc. won't work. It would recognize it as 4.11. That may be non-optimal I'll grant but it should work for most purposes. > >Lastly... 5.3 has been working brilliantly for me on every system I > >installed it on. 5.4 is looking even better. > > I am finding them both to be slower than 4.x, and am still encountering > some quirky hangs and some ports that won't build. YMMV, of course. Always. Best we can do is help out by submitting detailed reports when we encounter these quirky hangs and ports issues and, when skill allows, submit patches to fix things. -Steve