From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Nov 16 15:48: 4 2002 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 BE4C037B401 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:48:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.netcabo.pt (smtp.netcabo.pt [212.113.174.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0806743E4A for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:47:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hununu@netcabo.pt) Received: from cheetah ([213.22.35.166]) by smtp.netcabo.pt with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:45:48 +0000 From: "Hununu" Organization: Artists, Inc. To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:47:49 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Reply-To: hununu@netcabo.pt Message-ID: <3DD6D925.8814.1E6E155@localhost> References: <20021116130950.C18650-400000@hub.org> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Nov 2002 23:45:48.0638 (UTC) FILETIME=[4A20F7E0:01C28DCA] Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 16 Nov 2002 at 13:47, Geoffrey C. Speicher wrote: > > Am I expecting too much from FreeBSD-STABLE? Would I fair better if I > > moved down into RELENG_4_7 and avoided -STABLE altogether? > > I think you're expecting too much from -stable. -stable is kind of a > misnomer; read the Handbook section 21.2.2.1 ("What Is FreeBSD-STABLE?") > for more. Your conclusion above is addressed there (spoiler: don't use > -stable in production unless your test environment convinces you that it > will work). Exactly. I have some boxes that run -stable. Though, I cvsup and install world & kernel on one box I can afford to fail. If it works ok, then I slowly move it to others.. -STABLE is not meant to be rock solid, and running it on production servers can be time-consuming for various reasons. ...:-=>> The freaking Mail Band <<=-:... hununu@netcabo.pt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message