From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 02:42:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A7516A415 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:42:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca) Received: from torres.uwaterloo.ca (torres.cscf.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.152.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2896513C457 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:42:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca) Received: from [192.168.10.87] (bas6-kitchener06-1177621942.dsl.bell.ca [70.49.21.182]) (authenticated bits=0) by torres.uwaterloo.ca (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBN2Htu1059137 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:18:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca) Message-ID: <458C91DB.402@cs.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:18:03 -0500 From: Mike Patterson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Macintosh/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pete French References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 OpenPGP: url=http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mpatters/mpatterskey.pub Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:42:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pete French wrote on 12/22/06 8:43 AM: >> Because everybody knows that odd numbered releases aren't stable. > > I've been 20 years in electronics & comouting and thats the first > time I have ever heard anyone say that! Steer clear of '.0' releases > is well known, but suspecting something just because of the odd or > evenness of it's numbering scheme seems like pure superstition. > > Especually since we are Unix people, and the two of the > 'biggies' in history are Version 7, System 5 ;-) I guess you never had the misfortune of Solaris 2.5 and 7. Fortunately I mostly avoided 2.5, but I danced a jig when I upgraded the last of my 7 boxes to 8 (or surplussed the hardware after relieving myself on it). Now I'm trying to get rid of 8, and not having a very good go of it... our department skipped 9 for the odd-numbered-release version superstition, much to my chagrin. Personally, I've run every single release of FreeBSD since 4.2 on production servers (albeit nowhere near as heavy a load as many see) and never had a single hiccup. If dropping support for 4.11 means 7 will be that much better, I'm all for it. Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFjJHbrqw9H9F0mCQRAjAJAJ9GN0HR0QPaMYLDo/gAdTuAp0hnKwCdEqUi lyYBzgeEtDOnBH0q+hO5hWI= =S6ZE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----