From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Nov 16 23:47:51 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 9175437B401 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:47:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.nl (smtp6.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC72C43E42 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:47:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (rot2-p2508.dial.wanadoo.nl [194.134.139.204]) by smtp6.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A5DF6F88C; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:47:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:47:38 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Lefteris Tsintjelis 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:45:04 +0200 Lefteris Tsintjelis 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*. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message