Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 23:00:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.1-STABLE fails to 'buildkernel'? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122254150.36148-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009120131250.1305-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > doesn't it defeat the point of calling it -STABLE if it can't compile? :) Read the description of what "-STABLE" is at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html --- 18.2.2.1. What is FreeBSD-STABLE? FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch for a more low-key and conservative set of changes intended for our next mainstream release. Changes of an experimental or untested nature do not go into this branch (see FreeBSD-CURRENT). 18.2.2.2. Who needs FreeBSD-STABLE? If you are a commercial user or someone who puts maximum stability of their FreeBSD system before all other concerns, you should consider tracking stable. This is especially true if you have installed the most recent release (4.1-RELEASE at the time of this writing) since the stable branch is effectively a bug-fix stream relative to the previous release. Warning: The stable tree endeavors, above all, to be fully compilable and stable at all times, but we do occasionally make mistakes (these are still active sources with quickly-transmitted updates, after all). We also do our best to thoroughly test fixes in current before bringing them into stable, but sometimes our tests fail to catch every case. If something breaks for you in stable, please let us know immediately! (see next section). --- Note that "stable" isn't defined as "guaranteed to always compile and work", it's defined as "changes which have been extensively tested in -current without incident, and which are believed to be of sufficiently minor impact to existing systems" Note also the explicit disclaimer about the developers being only human and occasionally making mistakes. We (The FreeBSD Project) give you this information up front, so it's up to you (the user) to plan your usage of the product called "FreeBSD-STABLE" around this fact, and the expected, documented properties it has. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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