Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:23:30 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <p06020431bc22324b3fa7@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <xzpr7yc0ytz.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F606435AF1B@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> <3FFAF1D4.4000709@iconoplex.co.uk> <p0600201fbc20b51ef21b@[10.0.1.4]> <3FFB4499.3050301@iconoplex.co.uk> <xzpr7yc0ytz.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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At 12:42 PM +0100 1/7/04, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> writes: > > If 5.3, when it arrives, is genuinely production ready, trust > > me, the drinks are on me - I will do my absolute best to get > > to the next BSDcon and get everybody drunk on an expense > > account. If it isn't, well, I'll just have to whisper > > "I told you so" quietly somewhere. > >I am currently working for an ISP whose infrastructure is >based 75% on FreeBSD 5.1. ... > >I am about to start in a new job... I asked them what it >was like to develop on -CURRENT compared to -STABLE. Their >answer: "a relief". I would add that I've been running almost exclusively on 5.x for over a year now (except for one machine which I have not rebooted in over a year...). There have been some *very* painful transitions at various times, but once I get past the transitions the system has been quite stable. (fwiw, in my case, I am only running on desktop systems). So, once we stop making major API/ABI changes and the branch is truly stable (with a 6.x branch for new cutting-edge developments), I personally am quite confident that 5.x will be a stable, production-quality system. And there are a number of features in 5.x that I think are tremendous advantages -- especially for boxes in a production setting. My guess is you're going to have a large bar tab at the next BSDcon... Certainly I hope so! -- Garance Alistair Drosehn =3D gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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