Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:07:11 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Lefteris Tsintjelis <lefty@ene.asda.gr> Cc: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS?) Message-ID: <20021118090627.B23359-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <3DD8CA37.59AFE0A8@ene.asda.gr>
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > > > > Also, to those suggesting that Marc should be running -RELEASE anyway, consider > > that bugs found in a -RELEASE typically have even less chance of getting fixed > > than bugs found in -STABLE (because only "critical" bugfixes are allowed). > > > > Ceri > > OK, I am confused here. I was planning on setting up a production server > and after reading all your messages, it still isn't clear to me weather > it is going to be -STABLE or -RELEASE. Chances are -RELEASE of course > but if a bug is found (rare most likely but still possible) and isn't > committed fast enough, isn't this a big problem for a production server? This is pretty much the whole argument ... and it isn't a matter of "committed fast enough", its a matter of "never committed at all", at least not to the RELENG_4_7 branch ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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