From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 02:01:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B62E1065672 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:01:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CECA8FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:00:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q1O1ZZAp024852; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:35:37 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:35:31 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.3-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4F46847D.4010908@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F46847D.4010908@my.gd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202240835.32041.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD9 and the sheer number of problem reports X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:01:15 -0000 Hi, On Friday 24 February 2012 01:25:01 Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > This is NOT a troll. > This is NOT a flame. > Do NOT hijack this thread to troll/flame. > allow them some fun too. > > > Now, I find the number of problem reports regarding 9.0-RELEASE alarming > and I'm growing more and more fearful towards it. > > In the current state of things, I have *absolutely* no wish to run it in > production :( > Did you read deeply into the strategy behind the releases? If I remember right, the odd numbers are a little bit more experimental compared to the even numbers. For myself, I try to stick with even numbers whenever possible. If I install FreeBSD on a serious machine, I never use x.0. It must be at least x.1. So, I have the same wish as you and did not expect much more. Never forget, if the people behind the scene never put a release out, we never have the chance to iron out the problems. And now the fun. I even run 8.3 beta on my personal workstation. But I still would not put 9.0 on any machine I work with or give it to somebody else for this purpose. Erich