From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 23:27:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA16793 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 23:27:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA16781 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 23:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id IAA13191; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 08:00:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id HAA23299; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 07:26:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970804072636.30809@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 07:26:36 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Raul Zighelboim Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 3.0 stable enough ? References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: ; from Raul Zighelboim on Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 05:01:57PM -0500 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 05:01:57PM -0500, Raul Zighelboim wrote: > > I am about to iunstall FreeBSD on a new INN NEWS server. This > system will have 512 Megs of RAM. > > I am debating between usign 2.2.2-RELEASE anf 3.0-SNAP. > > I would not mind beta testing 3.0 , but I do require some stability ;-). > > Therefore, is 3.0 stable enough as to test it in a production > environment ? Theoretically yes, I run -current for nearly a year, but sometimes there are phases, where -current (if you update regulary) can bring you into an inconsistant state. This isnīt wanted in a production environment. Another thing is, that the ports collection seem to focus on -STABLE. Then you have some extra work to spend in installing certain applications, mainly tcl/tk based ones (scotty, ...). If I were you Iīd install 2.2.2 now, upgrade the sources to 2.2-STABLE, do a make world and then install inn and other applications from the ports collection. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm | klemm.gtn.com - powered by Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/benches.html