Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 23:29:05 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Message-ID: <20021117232748.I23359-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20021117185144.T30747-100000@fubar.adept.org>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Mike Hoskins wrote: > 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. You have missed everything I've written, haven't you? The server(s) crashing does not bother me ... IMHO, if I can cause it to crash, and someone can fix it, someone else won't be affected ... What I *want* is some useful mechanism for getting such bugs addressed so that they don't repeat ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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