Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:02:14 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Steve Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>, "Colin Percival" <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418105722.05c08490@localhost> In-Reply-To: <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net> References: <20050412213328.GC1953@lava.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417185631.05349ee0@localhost> <200504180330.37184.danny@ricin.com> <426310A0.7060906@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417202031.0490ad98@localhost> <4263280B.3010601@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418020749.05761298@localhost> <002b01c5442c$d4a1caf0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418094749.057187f0@localhost> <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net>
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At 10:00 AM 4/18/2005, Steve Ames wrote: >> Perhaps. But then, all of the software that recognizes "official" releases >> and does things like download ports, etc. won't work. > >It would recognize it as 4.11. Actually, it tends not to recognize it at all. If the string doesn't say "4.11-RELEASE", the software reports that ports, packages, etc. can't be found. Try installing packages with /stand/sysinstall on a snapshot and you'll see what I mean. Colin's "FreeBSD-update" seems to exhibit similar behavior. >> I am finding them both to be slower than 4.x, and am still encountering >> some quirky hangs and some ports that won't build. YMMV, of course. > >Always. Best we can do is help out by submitting detailed reports when we >encounter these quirky hangs and ports issues and, when skill allows, submit >patches to fix things. I do try. But while experimentation is fun and educational, I need, at all times, to have a "tried and true" version of the OS that I can roll out on new production servers. I'd really like that version to be 5.4, because I am building some AMD64 servers and would like to take advantage of the 64 bit support in 5.x. Speed matters, but stability takes priority. --Brett
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