Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:19:30 +0200 From: Lefteris Tsintjelis <lefty@ene.asda.gr> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?) Message-ID: <3DD8E8E2.BB8A709A@ene.asda.gr> References: <20021118090627.B23359-100000@hub.org>
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"Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > > 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 ... If its a matter of "never committed at all" (I do have a few doubts on this one) then I guess I have no other choice here but -STABLE or at least some other branch that is at least maintained. So, which one might that be? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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