From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 22 04:39:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 A1F4816A422; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:39:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ciscogeek@bgp4.net) Received: from isis.bgp4.net (isis.bgp4.net [66.246.197.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE7B43D46; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:39:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ciscogeek@bgp4.net) Received: from [192.168.23.2] (c-67-171-8-36.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.171.8.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by isis.bgp4.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6M4faNw011165 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:41:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ciscogeek@bgp4.net) Message-ID: <42E0788F.50300@bgp4.net> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:39:43 -0700 From: Janet Sullivan User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Watson References: <1121917413.4895.47.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050721113927.T97888@fledge.watson.org> <1E0ACFEC-A232-4818-9175-E6D181D63DA0@snafu.de> <20050722014135.N16902@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20050722014135.N16902@fledge.watson.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (isis.bgp4.net [66.246.197.72]); Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quality of FreeBSD 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: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:39:48 -0000 I've been a BSD user since the mid-90s, and a FreeBSD user since the days 4.0 became STABLE. Right now, I have 2 collocated servers, one home server, and a laptop all running 5.4 without any serious problems. I've watched 5.x since its creation, and while there have been some rocky times, I do think things are getting better. I refused to run 5.x on my servers until 5.4, but I have not yet regretted the move. I know that other people have had issues, but so far 5.4 has been a solid release for me. I do think some mistakes were made with the release engineering over 5.x's lifetime, but folks, what's done is done. Recently things do seem to be headed in a better direction, for which I'm thankful. I know the developers don't hear it often enough, but thanks for all you do. I'm not a programmer, and I currently don't have the funds to donate to the project, but you do have my heartfelt thanks for still turning out my favorite OS.