Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:58:25 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of FreeBSD-STABLE (was: Oddity in name resolution) Message-ID: <19990320070016.NGFC3226200.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990319230014.03f4e680@localhost> References: <19990320132412.N429@lemis.com>
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On 19 Mar 99, at 23:07, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:24 PM 3/20/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > >We have > >never yet brought out a -RELEASE which hasn't caused problems for > >somebody, and we almost certainly never will. > > True. But those problems are known quantities due to the large number > of users of -RELEASE versions. One can never know whether a problem > will crop up with a particular day's -STABLE build because one > happened to pick the wrong day. It's therefore more likely that > you'll ask about a problem and be told, "You must be mistaken; > I've never had that problem." When something is "More likely" it does not make it probable. I've never sbeen told this when I've encountered a problem. > The daemon you know can be better than the daemon you don't. > > >Is that so hard to understand? > > I understand your idea, but again, it doesn't match everyone's idea > of what's best to run. Again, we go with proven versions even if they > have bugs -- so long as the bugs are KNOWN and aren't going to affect > us. Yes, that's incredibly anal-retentive conservative, but that's > also what the users want. I guess you have a choice. A newer stable which has the bug-fixes for a release, or the release which doesn't. The number of updates/changes between release and stable is non-existant compared to the changes that go into current. It's not like stable a great deal. AFAIK, it's only when a bug is found in release that a change is made to stable. If you can live without those fixes, good on ya. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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