From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Nov 17 19: 5:15 2002 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 4654037B401 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:05:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from fubar.adept.org (fubar.adept.org [63.147.172.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010F743E91 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:05:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@adept.org) Received: by fubar.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 49ABB1527E; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:04:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fubar.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476DC15247; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:04:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:04:22 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Hoskins To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? In-Reply-To: <20021117161953.M23359-100000@hub.org> Message-ID: <20021117185144.T30747-100000@fubar.adept.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > As for 'similar periods' ... you know, I've been running -STABLE on > desktops and low end servers over the past 5 years at the Univesrity, > slowly replacing Solaris as the applications they run permit ... so far, > in 5 years, I've *yet* to be burnt, but none of these are running near as > heavy load ... so no, other then on venus/jupiter, I haven' tnot seen > similar periods of instability ... Now you officially know what "development branch" means. :) If you have SLAs to maintain, I suggest implementing a proper staging process. Blaming the software without fully understanding the implications of the -STABLE branch and/or implementing a reasonable amount of safeguards to ensure stablity within your specific environment is asking for trouble. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message