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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:00:05 +0100
From:      Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de>
To:        Jon Holstrom <jon@web-tricks.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable )
Message-ID:  <43ECF0C5.7000306@chillt.de>
In-Reply-To: <00aa01c62e76$6e552410$fac8a8c0@dragon>
References:  <43E7EDA2.7070807@rogers.com>	<001201c62b84$4d591900$fac8a8c0@dragon>	<20060207014535.GA10328@xor.obsecurity.org>	<3aaaa3a0602082040l4917c5cfo@mail.gmail.com>	<20060209054333.GA68771@xor.obsecurity.org> <00aa01c62e76$6e552410$fac8a8c0@dragon>

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> but i need a working OS, not a bata !

If you don't like using a beta (nothing wrong with that), you definitely 
should not be using -stable either. There are even less promises 
regarding the reliability and quality of -stable than there are of a 
beta. After all, during the prerelease and beta cycles, the tree is 
getting in shape for a release and there is a focus on fixing as many 
little nits as possible. In between releases, bigger MFCs might hit 
-stable from time to time and make it less reliable.

So, while you are getting confused by the branch name changing, you 
should also rethink whether you want -stable at all. It really seems 
like you should be aiming for RELENG_5_4 (and then RELENG_5_5 once 5.5 
is out) instead.

- Bartosz



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