Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:01:32 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: TM4525@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Question Message-ID: <20041011180132.58d8ac7a@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <1dc.2daa3fdc.2e9bf0b8@aol.com> References: <1dc.2daa3fdc.2e9bf0b8@aol.com>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:20:40 EDT TM4525@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/9/04 6:25:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > wmoran@potentialtech.com writes: > >> 1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized > >and be > comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ? > > >5.3 is supposed to be stable, and it's expected to be on part with > >4.x > performance, and it's supposed to release before the end of the > month. > > >>From what I've seen and heard, it looks like all that is going to > happen. > > >> 2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x > > > >> released versions ? > > >Yes. > I hope you're not betting your business on these questions, because > the reality is that 1) they're not very good questions and 2) the > people who are answering them can't really know the answers. > "stable" requires time, and since 5.2.1 and 5.3 are substantially > different, I can't see how one can predict the level of stability a > year from now. Following this logic any thing can be claimed to not be stable.
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