Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:29:53 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CLARITY re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <FF22FCB8FF294E99384DE58A@Macintosh.local> In-Reply-To: <20080608154920.GA8266@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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--On June 8, 2008 5:49:20 PM +0200 Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote: > > I think it is very unreasonable for end users to ask maintaining, e.g. > 6.2 ad vitam eternam. The real stable branch is now 7.* and diverting > effort to polish the 6.* is a waste of time. People wanting a very > stable system should simply use something else, like Debian stable, > official RedHat, etc. whose aim is precisely to offer the maximum > stability, with only security and bug fixes, and for extended periods of > time. The price you pay is obsoleted and "unsexy" systems, which is > probably OK for the intended use. On the other hand i have no business > running such a system. Please do understand that for some of us, these are not choices. I wiped a FreeBSD machine and bought and installed RedHat because a vendor's software would only run on RedHat. The experience was a painful one. RedHat's updates are a pure PITA. The box now runs FreeBSD again, and I doubt I will ever experiment with something else again. If I can't have FreeBSD, I won't run a server. I don't think I'm alone. Paul Schmehl If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer.home | help
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