Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 17:59:29 +0100 (BST) From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Don't bet on 3.0 release Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810181749420.829-100000@caladan.tdx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981018114951.00723bc8@etinc.com>
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On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Dennis wrote: > -RELEASE implies that its ready for the general public. If its still in > BETA, which your comments indicate it is, then it should not > be released. What's the point of doing a release if its not ready? 3.0-RELEASE is not in beta, it is a relase. The idea is that a lot more people can have a look at it, review it - try it - and see how far FreeBSD has come... It's not suitable for everyone (and carries warnings to that effect), and shouldn't be installed on an 'ad-hoc' basis on production boxes (unless you _really_ know what your doing - and are prepared to work closely with it - if needs be). Here we run several 2.2.X boxes for our ISP service... I have few qualms about moving them through the 2.2.X tree (i.e. I install 2.2.5, I don't mind upgrading it to 2.2.7 - nor 2.2.8 when it comes out) - I wouldn't just slap 3.0-RELEASE on it after having read the release notes... Will you be rushing to install Windows NT 5 on all your production servers the day it's released next year? - Probably not... Anyway, I don't want to get into or start any flame wars over this - the above is my oppinion, it's the way I normally handle new releases of FreeBSD - it works for me - it's not going to be the way everyone else does, or want's to do it... I'm quite happy with 3.0-RELEASE being around, I've already got 2 Linux convertee's already ;-) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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