From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 05:40:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F6A16A41C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 05:40:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122C043D1F for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 05:40:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j595e54J042022 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:40:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with UUCP id j595e5Iv042021; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:40:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.apsfilter.org (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j595c8fg004143; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:38:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j595c8ej004142; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:38:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:38:08 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Matthias Buelow Message-ID: <20050609053808.GA4069@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <20050608001306.3FB1F43D5C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <42A6C7CE.9000002@incubus.de> <200506080908.02478.fcash@ocis.net> <42A71AE1.8020300@incubus.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42A71AE1.8020300@incubus.de> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4: Is it generally unstable? 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: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:40:08 -0000 On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:20:49PM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Freddie Cash wrote: > > > The only problem we've had with FreeBSD 5 is one system running 5.2.1 that > > ran for over a year just fine, but would not complete a buildworld > > (hardware has died and it has been retired, so it's not an issue any > > more). > > I remember 5.2.1 panicking left and right, on several machines, it was ^^^^^ > completely unusable. Maybe we just live in different universes. I respect your observations, but wasn't this still flagged as "early adoptors" ?! And ... these times pass by .. we have 2005 now and 5.4. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 5.4 Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/