Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:47:38 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Lefteris Tsintjelis <lefty@ene.asda.gr> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Message-ID: <20021117084738.2d6c4ab2.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <3DD6F4A0.124A3322@ene.asda.gr> References: <3DD6F4A0.124A3322@ene.asda.gr>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:45:04 +0200
Lefteris Tsintjelis <lefty@ene.asda.gr> wrote:
LT> Reading helps for sure, I can't argue with that. However, a name such
LT> as -to-become-stable would help most to realize what really is with
LT> the first look).
Reading the archives would reveal that this issue is a
bikeshed of the first order. Personally I prefer to use the actual
CVS tags or their names, RELENG_4 (Release Engineering Track - 4 or
thereabouts) which makes it clear that we are not dealing with any
kind of release.
I've said it before, but I think it bears repeating. It is an
impressive testimony to the quality of and care taken with the RELENG_*
development branches that they are often mistaken for tested releases.
Reflect for a moment on what it would take to produce a daily production
quality tested release snapshot. FreeBSD would need more test engineers
than Linux has advocates.
It is even more impressive that the top-of-the-tree (aka
-current) nearly always runs more reliably than some commercial
*releases*.
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