Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 22:09:58 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Cc: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, stable@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: 6.1 stability (Re: 4.11 snapshots?) Message-ID: <20060522020958.GA74782@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060521220333.GA58342@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <57d710000605151942p2461338au561269fc5937aee7@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060515225038.08d72690@lariat.org> <446981CD.5000309@gmail.com> <4469C668.2060807@rerowe.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060516104907.08788ad8@lariat.org> <446A0608.10608@freebsd.org> <20060517130629.T64952@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20060521180003.GA59697@xor.obsecurity.org> <7.0.1.0.2.20060521131507.0893e9e8@lariat.org> <20060521220333.GA58342@heff.fud.org.nz>
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--6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 10:03:33AM +1200, Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 01:20:24PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > Well, y'know, if they could release a FreeBSD 2.2.9 (as was done last m= onth), it > > shouldn't be a problem to do a 4.12 release as a "last gasp" to tide us= over=20 > > until September. (Hopefully, Colin and the "summer of code" folks can > > work on performance enhancements to the network stack, UFS2, and the ha= rd > > disk device drivers in time for the 6.2 release in September. I'm just a > > little scared of 6.1, given the known problems that couldn't be fixed in > > time and the slower performance we're seeing on databases, etc.) We did ourselves a big disservice by not pointing out clearly in the todo list that most of the listed problems are VERY RARE and are unlikely to affect most/all users. In future we're going to have to be clearer about that, because you're not the only user who was scared for no reason. We really had to push FreeBSD hard to find those problems; 6.1 stands up to enormous test loads that all previous tested releases could not handle. I wouldn't be surprised if 4.x cannot handle the same workloads, simply because no-one may have ever attempted such loads on a 4.x system. Kris P.S. If you're willing to put some effort into analyzing and profiling it, I'd be willing to work with you on your performance problem. --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEcR11Wry0BWjoQKURAi0FAJ9/FlyME8dvaftV4fCh5yLQhijspACfdsvU MuJG27s342N9eZhEPBWCzt0= =yM9j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--
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