Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:03:31 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stability concerns in latest -STABLEs. Message-ID: <19990507220331.A5928@homer.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <37337A30.2DF8756@luciamar.k12.ca.us>; from David Knapp on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 04:41:36PM -0700 References: <001201be98bd$29db4770$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> <37337A30.2DF8756@luciamar.k12.ca.us>
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As I understand it, the 3.1-STABLE includes all of the bugfixes developed for 3.1-RELEASE. In addition, it contains enhancements which the development team have had running in the CURRENT branch for some time. These enhancements have to have been stable under the CURRENT branch to even be considered for back- porting into STABLE. I've been running FreeBSD for a while now and so far the developers have been, well, they have been rather anal about ensuring the stability of STABLE. (Sorry for the unflattering description.) I've seen many debates about whether or not to incorporate a new and in-demand feature into STABLE. More often than not the decision has come down to _not_ backport the feature until it has proven itself in CURRENT for a while longer. So far, knock on virtual wood, I haven't been victimized by these random reboots. I'm running a set of pretty generic hardware, but I do push it pretty hard at times. (I also don't cvsup very often. Once I have a stable system I try to leave it alone.) Anyway, that's the difference between RELEASE and STABLE as I see it. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 04:41:36PM -0700, David Knapp wrote: > > I'm a newbie, so maybe I don't understand, but why not go with 3.1 > RELEASE? Shouldn't it be more stable or as stable as 3.1-STABLE? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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