Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:02:06 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000513.10020600@mis.configured.host> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130133430.46652-100000@home.offwhite.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130133430.46652-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/13/00, 7:43:09 AM, Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> wrote regarding 5.0 already?: > How is FreeBSD moving along so quickly? One month I am running 3.0R and a > few months later we are past 3.4 and on to 4.0 STABLE and finally we > have 5.0 out there already before a 4.1 STABLE exists. > I am confused. What is going on with all these branches? Is 5.0 the > FreeBSD/BSDi merge? Is there a major technology leap with each version > which demands such widely spread version numbers? > My flawed upgrade to 4.0 a while back left me feeling FreeBSD is going too > fast and that stability and quality is suffering. A friend of mine was > actually scared off and now prefers to go with Linux as it's development > seems to be more conservative. > Why is FreeBSD going so fast? Could it be that the upcoming release of > Mac OS X was based on mostly on 3.2 and that FreeBSD wants to appear to be > years past that version? If so, is it? > Are we going to be running version 9.0 in less than 5 years? > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com > Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? Dear Brennan, this is the strength of Open Source ;-))) Seriously, if you want a stable environment you can choose 3.4-S, or the new 4-STABLE line, which, apart from (very) minor issues,seems to perform quite well. BTW, I run all three versions, ehem, when -CURRENT boots of course :-) If you look at the matter the other way round, well, you'll see how many years it takes e.g. M$ to introduce similar changes (=improvements) ... "Panta rei" (ie everything changes) should probably be FreeBSD's motto, and this IS a good thing. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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