Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:04:05 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Curious about release schedule Message-ID: <20020610180405.E61867@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20020610102944.A75456@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas wrote: > 5.0-stable promises to have all sorts of nifty features. These > features promise to introduce new and interesting bugs. Everything > from the random number generator to kernel throads has been redone. > The potential for unexpected interactions between these components is > huge. > > As a long-time FreeBSD devotee and rather experienced sysadmin, I > probably won't be installing 5.x in production until at least 5.2-R. Not only that, but if you have a working mission-critical 4.x system and no complaints, why would you want to move it to 5.x? But you would still want 4.x updates and fixes which don't break compatibility. 5.x, even for x>=2, should be only for new machines, non-critical old machines where it's ok to risk breakage in upgrading, and machines which really would benefit from the upgrade, in my opinion. The linux people seem to agree: there is a 2.0.40 kernel in the pipeline (presently at -rc5). 2.2.0 was released in Jan 1999, and 2.4.0 was released in Jan 2001. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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