From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Nov 16 17:26: 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 A542C37B401 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:26:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from scan.pnc.com.au (scan.pnc.com.au [203.13.174.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 51F5A43E97 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:26:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peterh@ripewithdecay.com) Received: (qmail 3171 invoked by uid 84); 17 Nov 2002 12:36:09 +1100 Received: from unknown (HELO dialup-175.129.221.203.acc02-high-pen.comindico.com.au) (203.13.174.1) by scan.pnc.com.au with SMTP; 17 Nov 2002 12:36:07 +1100 Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:27:18 +1100 (EST) From: Peter Hoskin X-X-Sender: peterh@extortion.peterh.dropbear.id.au To: Lefteris Tsintjelis Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? In-Reply-To: <3DD6EEA0.AD524CA2@ene.asda.gr> Message-ID: <20021117122626.C301-100000@extortion.peterh.dropbear.id.au> 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 Because this is development of what will become stable. Always helps to read the documentation. Regards, Peter Hoskin On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:19:28 +0200 > From: Lefteris Tsintjelis > To: Peter Hoskin > Cc: Marc G. Fournier , Hununu , > freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? > > It sure is misleading. Why is it called -stable then? You would expect > to stand up to its name. > > Regards, > Lefteris Tsintjelis > > Peter Hoskin wrote: > > > > STABLE is still a development branch. The name is misleading. If I were > > you, I'd install & run release. > > > > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > 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