Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:42:32 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of FreeBSD-STABLE (was: Oddity in name resolution) Message-ID: <4.1.19990319192514.00c34220@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990320122031.M429@lemis.com> References: <4.1.19990319165539.03f58ad0@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> <19990319144842.A27151@la.best.com> <4.1.19990319165539.03f58ad0@localhost>
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At 12:20 PM 3/20/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >Brett, I know it's difficult to get meanings across to you. In other words: "I know you think you understand what you think I said, but you must understand that what I said was not what I meant." ;-) >Would you like to work on this text and make it explain that -STABLE >is the best we have at any particular time? Well, if the text in the Handbook is true, that would depend upon how you define "best." If there's a risk that it won't compile (which is what the Handbook says) or might have problems due to the integration of recent changes, it wouldn't be the "best" for all users. Therein, I think, lies the real problem. For production applications, "best" means "thoroughly shaken down and tested by lots and lots of actual users for several weeks before we installed it." So it may indeed be the best for some value of "best," but not for all. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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