Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:03:05 -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.4.21.0009131000380.13640-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009131232400.1305-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> Note also that it states "If you are a commercial user or someone who puts
> maximum stability ..." Kinda difficult to get 'maximum stability' when
> the code won't even compile ...
And thats not an inappropriate suggestion. It just means that GIVEN THAT
the code will occasionally have compilation problems, and even more
occasionally catastrophic runtime bugs, that the smart commercial user
will have a careful deployment strategy that reflects this fact.
Again, "stable" doesn't refer to the compilation process, and bugs which
will damage an installed system are very rare.
Kris
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