Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 11:40:06 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> To: Chuck Youse <cyouse@cybersites.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stability concerns in latest -STABLEs. Message-ID: <19990508014007.12485.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905071344540.11179-100000@ns1.cybersites.com> of Fri, 07 May 1999 13:45:49 -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905071344540.11179-100000@ns1.cybersites.com>
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> > 2.2 does all I need done. I'm a trailing-edge kinda guy when money
> > is directly involved. So, if someone were to ask me what they
> > should put up if their own butt was backing the uptime numbers, I'd
> > say, "Unless you need SMP, go with 2.2-STABLE."
>
> Which, unfortunately, is one of my criteria. I need SMP for this puppy,
> otherwise I would agree with you and stick to 2.2-STABLE.
I needed 3.x because I need ELF (don't ask). I can't tell you
anything about SMP, since my only 3.x installation so far is a
3.1-Release system on a uniprocessor, but that box which runs X
and gets pounded pretty hard for development purposes has been
rock solid ever since I set it up (a couple of days after my 3.1
CDs arrived).
Obviously, you need to have a disaster plan when you make an OS
upgrade to a mission-critical system (and it's better to have a
test bed to try it on first), but I can see no real reason not
to install 3.1-R -- although, if I could wait, I'd settle for
3.2-R since it seems to be on the verge of being announced. As
someone who has no time for playing with constant rebuilds, I
never use -stable or -current because I need the simplicity of
being able to install as many boxes as necessary from CDs and
prefer to limit upgrades to just a few times per year which the
CD release sycle meets quite nicely.
My principal concern is rock-solid reliability. I don't care
about anything else so long as the damn machines keep running.
My experience with FreeBSD (2.2.{6,7,8}-R and 3.1-R) is that it
does just keep running.
--
Greg Black <gjb@acm.org>
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