From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 19 9: 8:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mls.gtonet.net (mls.gtonet.net [216.112.90.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8CE537B491 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:08:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from pld (pld.gtonet.net [216.112.90.200]) by mls.gtonet.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f1JH8Sb50601 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:08:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oldfart@gtonet.net) Reply-To: From: "oldfart@gtonet" To: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: RE: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:08:27 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <00d001c09a94$b280d9c0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Leif Neland > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:55 AM > Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? > > > We all know: -current is bleeding edge, expect it to break at > random. Don't run it if you don't know how to fix it. > -stable is for production, it works all the time. > -RELEASE, I thought, is for production. Although, it's true, -STABLE rarely has a stop. > Do we need a level in between for people who just run current for > the fun of it and for testing. > So after the hardcore has tested it in -current, they commit it > to all the monkeys trying to break it, and we then try it on n^m' > combinations of hardware/software. Actually, I've always thought that's what -STABLE is for? > I might not be able to fix a problem, but I can report what > happens, and if my -current breaks for a few days, it is no big deal. > > While -current is not for everybody, I believe people like me > helps in quality testing before the stuff hits -stable. Actually, I've always thought that's what -STABLE is for? Deja-vu :) > Perhaps not a level, just a separate file, which contained the > date of the last known version without known major problems. (or > "." if no known problems) I think the current HEADS UP given on here is sufficient warning to determine if a make world will build or if there are stops. YMMV OF > > Leif > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message