From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Nov 16 16:19:32 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 DB78337B401 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:19:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [64.49.215.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0F443E97 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:19:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [64.49.215.141]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C165E8A1704; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:19:24 -0400 (AST) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:19:24 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Hununu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? In-Reply-To: <3DD6D925.8814.1E6E155@localhost> Message-ID: <20021116201249.F23359-100000@hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Hununu wrote: > 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 thing is, I run -STABLE on about a dozen desktops and servers at my day job, and have never had a problem ... but they don't carry near as much load as venus/jupiter do ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message