From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 20:00:11 2006 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 4FF4516A420 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:00:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@chillt.de) Received: from dd2718.kasserver.com (dd2718.kasserver.com [81.209.184.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3499643D49 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:00:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@chillt.de) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dslb-084-061-210-251.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.210.251]) by dd2718.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E938DCFDA; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:58:55 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43ECF0C5.7000306@chillt.de> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:00:05 +0100 From: Bartosz Fabianowski User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Holstrom 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> In-Reply-To: <00aa01c62e76$6e552410$fac8a8c0@dragon> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable ) 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, 10 Feb 2006 20:00:11 -0000 > 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