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Date:      Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:46:17 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990302184058.00c4a1c0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <36DC8BE7.246DD3BA@newsguy.com>
References:  <99Mar2.114516est.113920@pandora.isinet.com> <4.1.19990302132445.040f6d40@localhost>

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At 10:09 AM 3/3/99 +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
 
>3.1-RELEASE/3.1-STABLE is what is recommended for new installations
>on production machines.
>
>2.2.x, right now, is probably kind of how you feel about 2.1.x. :-)

If I upgrade machines to 3.1-RELEASE, I know I'll have major work
to do rewriting maintenance scripts, etc. because things like the utmp
format have changed. This means downtime for the client. Also, since 
3.0-RELEASE was explicitly NOT for production machines, the earliest
version I will install on ANY production machine will be 3.2-RELEASE
(and only then with special permission from the client, because our 
general policy is to wait for the third "real" release of anything 
before relying on it for mission-critical functions). 

Sorry to sound so utterly conservative, but that's 'cause we are.

--Brett



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