From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 10:19:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F9816A419 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:19:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (pointyhat.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 427A313C46B; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:19:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <474A9DCD.6020500@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:19:57 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tore Lund References: <000701c82f89$fb9b40a0$0200a8c0@satellite> <4749FDE0.9030902@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <4749FDE0.9030902@netscape.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stability of FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:19:50 -0000 Tore Lund wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> Dave wrote: >>> Hello, >>> How stable is FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? Is it near production are their any >>> outstanding issues? >> Probably no major bugs will be fixed between now and 7.0 so you might as >> well start using it now. >> >> It's "stable enough" like all .0 releases, meaning you should throughly >> test it for your own workload before using it in production. > > Just curious, what is the "official" forum for pre-release discussions? > I notice there are some threads on the "current" list, but it seems to > me that this is really "questions" stuff, since it is an upcoming release. freebsd-stable is probably best. > In any case, I tried the boot-only CD, and I was not able to install any > packages during the install process. Sysinstall aborted with Signal 11 > when trying to read INDEX from the ftp site. Pkg_add from the command > line seems to work, however, so it looks like I may get online from > 7.0-BETA3 tomorrow. That is expected, packages are not available until later in the release cycle. > Moreover, wasn't there supposed to be a new install program? I have > read some promising remarks about it, but it's certainly not part of > 7.0-BETA3. Personally, I would much rather type a long list of commands > than use the old, rickety sysinstall. One is in early development, but not even complete let alone ready to replace sysinstall. Kris