Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:59:07 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of FreeBSD-STABLE (was: Oddity in name resolution) Message-ID: <4.1.19990319165539.03f58ad0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990319144842.A27151@la.best.com> References: <4.1.19990319034914.00c485b0@localhost> <4.1.19990318210045.03f2e1a0@localhost> <4.1.19990318110122.03f07330@localhost> <4.1.19990317220420.03f15d50@localhost> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990318091851.14678A-100000@java.dpcsys.com> <4.1.19990318110122.03f07330@localhost> <19990318232625.A62933@scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.1.19990318210045.03f2e1a0@localhost> <19990319155931.V429@lemis.com> <4.1.19990319034914.00c485b0@localhost>
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At 02:48 PM 3/19/99 -0800, Joseph T. Lee wrote: >Stable is stable is production at anytime. Ideally, I'd like to think that this is so. But the Handbook says: "Please note that the stable tree endeavors, above all, to be fully compilable and stable at all times, but we do occasionally make mistakes (these are still active sources with quickly-transmitted updates, after all). We also do our best to thoroughly test fixes in current before bringing them into stable, but sometimes our tests fail to catch every case. If something breaks for you in stable, please let us know immediately! (see next section)." In short, it pays to follow BEHIND -STABLE and make sure that something has not broken! I would be interested in finding out if there's a way to get reports of the quality of various -STABLE builds. If there's not, that really leaves -RELEASE versions as the only thing we could ever afford to install. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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