From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 1 07:01:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4143916A41F for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 07:01:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mail.localelinks.com (web.localelinks.com [65.170.254.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E039843D6B for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 07:01:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (adsl-222-118-145.jan.bellsouth.net [68.222.118.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.localelinks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0626AD for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 01:01:54 -0600 (CST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 8CA5A61C1E; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 01:01:51 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 01:01:51 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Thierry Herbelot Message-ID: <20051201070151.GI39831@over-yonder.net> References: <200512010720.16421.thierry@herbelot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512010720.16421.thierry@herbelot.com> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11-fullermd.2 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three years with -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:01:58 -0000 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:20:15AM +0100 I heard the voice of Thierry Herbelot, and lo! it spake thus: > > between FreeBSD 5.0-RC #0: Thu Dec 12 01:40:32 CET 2002, and FreeBSD > 7.0-CURRENT #1000: Thu Dec 1 02:20:56 CET 2005, the machine (an old > SMP BP6 from Abit, with two Celerons) has been running -current. > > [...] but there has not been a full installation in three years. I'm currently on 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct 1 19:41:00 CDT 2005 on my workstation (SMP PPro), which I sit in front of and rely heavily on every day. It was first installed with -CURRENT in early 1999, when it was just freshly renamed to 4.0-CURRENT after 3 was branched. Aside from a few months on RELENG_5, it's always run -CURRENT, and it's not had a reinstall or eaten itself yet. That's either a testament to the solidity (with a little care in choosing when to build, anyway) of even the bleeding edge of FreeBSD, or a sign that maybe I should think about getting new hardware sometime 8-} -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.