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Subject: Status of 2.2.X vs 3.0 trees?????
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 14:47:56 -0400 (EDT)
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I am considering an installation of either 2.2.2xxxx----->> RELENG tree,
or the 3.0-current tree.  It really does not make a lot of difference to
me which to use, BUT, I am interested in the tree that will be around for
a while.  Both trees seem to be moving along.  I currently run 2.1.7.1
at home on three boxes, and 3.0-snaps on two work boxes.  I have tried
the 2.2.2 tree and it did not install well on my machines.....dunno why,
when the others all did.  I am comfy with the snaps, and they seem to
run well, with no problems at all, so the base system is quite stable
in my hands.  The only problems I have had have been ``parsing errors''
from gcc on all kinds of sources on all the different levels of machine.
That was strange.  But, it was cured with a complete gcc reinstall from
prep.gnu sources.  I did not have sufficient drive capacity for a make
world on the normal sources, but did for the gcc remake.

I am getting another larger drive for one of my office machines and am
considering putting either the 2.2-RELENG tree and updates to current
or the 3.0-970807-SNAP on it.

Which tree would be advisable to use for a person who wants a good
plain system, but will wring the dickens out of the gcc with a bunch of
my own non-system things?  I don't mind using an ``experimental'' system,
since all the features I need are there in either the releng or snap trees.

I will be happy to do a make world and the updates via cvsup(?) as required
to keep a snap going, or the releng tree going.

I understand the 3.0 tree has the better code?  YES/NO?

My gut intuition says stay with the 3.0 snaps.
Others have said saty with the 2.2.xxxxxx releng tree.

Comments and thoughts appreciated.

Thanks

Bob Keys
rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu