From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 4 21:56:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from boris.netgate.net (boris2.netgate.net [204.145.147.155]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240F93FBD for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:56:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (wellsian@localhost) by boris.netgate.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA95550; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:55:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:55:34 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian X-Sender: wellsian@boris.netgate.net To: dannyman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: will 4.0-RELEASE be STABLE? In-Reply-To: <20000204160006.B10078@stumpy.dannyland.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cars, mates, or operating systems, ".0" releases deserve caution. Seriously. FreeBSD is wonderful but still subject to human error. Truly wide-scale testing doesn't happen with anything until the product is consumed by the masses, and that's when the unknown and impossible happens. Wait at least a couple months after 4.0 release so you can guage mortality stats. Unless you prefer being part of them... :) -Dave On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, dannyman wrote: > i remember once a wizened senior admin telling me that the 3.0-RELEASE wasn't > going to be STABLE, that .0 RELEASE is like an interim RELEASE and that it > takes up the STABLE flag at .1 or something. > > was this wizened senior admin a crack smoker citing some ancient, obsoleted > wisdom, or would it behove me to stick with 3.x for the initial 4.0-RELEASE? > > is this in a FAQ somewhere? > > thanks. > > -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message