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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 ...



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