Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:07:31 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of FreeBSD-STABLE (was: Oddity in name resolution) Message-ID: <4.1.19990319230014.03f4e680@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990320132412.N429@lemis.com> References: <4.1.19990319192514.00c34220@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> <19990320122031.M429@lemis.com> <4.1.19990319192514.00c34220@localhost>
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At 01:24 PM 3/20/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >The text is being overly cautious. In particular, it doesn't mention >that all these problems exist for all software, and that despite all >that, -STABLE is the best we have at any particular time. Again, it depends on what you mean by "best." In -STABLE, the docs don't necessarily match the software, and there isn't as much end user experience with the build. This can make it less desirable than an older -RELEASE. >We have >never yet brought out a -RELEASE which hasn't caused problems for >somebody, and we almost certainly never will. True. But those problems are known quantities due to the large number of users of -RELEASE versions. One can never know whether a problem will crop up with a particular day's -STABLE build because one happened to pick the wrong day. It's therefore more likely that you'll ask about a problem and be told, "You must be mistaken; I've never had that problem." The daemon you know can be better than the daemon you don't. >Is that so hard to understand? I understand your idea, but again, it doesn't match everyone's idea of what's best to run. Again, we go with proven versions even if they have bugs -- so long as the bugs are KNOWN and aren't going to affect us. Yes, that's incredibly anal-retentive conservative, but that's also what the users want. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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