Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:34:19 +0800 From: "Adrian Chadd" <adrian@freebsd.org> To: "Jo Rhett" <jrhett@netconsonance.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <d763ac660806050434k207761bbxf6b1275942320deb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1A050712-3D0F-4263-A9F8-EE4AD042486E@netconsonance.com> References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <20080604204325.GD4701@lava.net> <20080604234532.GA89656@k7.mavetju> <458FE12C-AE4D-48F9-8193-4663079CEEF8@netconsonance.com> <84EBEA5D3A1F47E79E8E12C4CF4D0314@multiplay.co.uk> <FB44670E-6F56-44BE-ADC4-23126420FAD8@netconsonance.com> <7B8FD1A1E7DA49DFA68252BF9C74AE6F@multiplay.co.uk> <1A050712-3D0F-4263-A9F8-EE4AD042486E@netconsonance.com>
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2008/6/5 Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>: > > The bugs in question are *not* replicable in 6.2, and each of the bug > reports has said so. > > This is the major point of concern for us. What happened between 6.2 and > 6.3 to break so many drivers? > If its of major concern for you, then allocate some man hours, grab the /usr/src/sys diffs between RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE and RELENG_6_3_0_RELEASE. The others on the list have stated over and over again that they haven't seen any issues and would like to know precisely what they are. The diff between 6.2 and 6.3 /usr/src/sys is ~ 440,000 lines in total. I can put the diff online for you if you'd like. If stability is your main concern then you could throw some resources at fixing 6.3 or throw some resources at backporting security fixes to 6.2. I'm sure noone has an agenda to squish the FreeBSD version you're using for any reason other than there aren't enough people volunteering / being paid to work on back-porting security fixes. 2c, Adrian -- Adrian Chadd - adrian@freebsd.org
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