From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 19 10:30:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A7B37B491 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:30:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id f1JIUHI18068; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:30:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:30:17 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Leif Neland Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? Message-ID: <20010219103017.M6641@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20010216025147.A25002@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010216104409.A99749@enigma.whacky.net> <20010216025147.A25002@dragon.nuxi.com> <200102161703.f1GH37E29782@billy-club.village.org> <20010217101500.A10023@enigma.whacky.net> <00d001c09a94$b280d9c0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00d001c09a94$b280d9c0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>; from leifn@neland.dk on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 05:54:53PM +0100 X-all-your-base: are belong to us. Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Leif Neland [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