Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:30:17 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? Message-ID: <20010219103017.M6641@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <00d001c09a94$b280d9c0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>; from leifn@neland.dk on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 05:54:53PM %2B0100 References: <20010216025147.A25002@dragon.nuxi.com> <xzp3ddjmij6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010216104409.A99749@enigma.whacky.net> <20010216025147.A25002@dragon.nuxi.com> <200102161703.f1GH37E29782@billy-club.village.org> <20010217101500.A10023@enigma.whacky.net> <00d001c09a94$b280d9c0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>
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* Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk> [010219 08:54] wrote: > We all know: -current is bleeding edge, expect it to break at random. Don't run it if you don't know how to fix it. > -stable is for production, it works all the time. > > Do we need a level in between for people who just run current for the fun of it and for testing. > So after the hardcore has tested it in -current, they commit it to all the monkeys trying to break it, and we then try it on n^m' combinations of hardware/software. > > I might not be able to fix a problem, but I can report what happens, and if my -current breaks for a few days, it is no big deal. > > While -current is not for everybody, I believe people like me helps in quality testing before the stuff hits -stable. > > Perhaps not a level, just a separate file, which contained the date of the last known version without known major problems. (or "." if no known problems) This is a good idea, however it would take someone dedicated to maintaining this as well as doing regression testing. Those regression tests could easily be ported to -stable making for happier -stable as well as -current users. Are you volunteering? :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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