Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:21:19 +0100 From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Testing Facility Message-ID: <9A5C98EC-7BDF-482E-A663-F7ED7CB88747@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMsdft6yYG3Pk75WRrrg40XvMMQd=hWpem6Cs6JcGt9wCA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgwaMsbupU0NB7TA6RMJW0erWBGwcsGO16xt3GPLsPuh-rpRA@mail.gmail.com> <51261D9E.6080507@digsys.bg> <CAOgwaMsdft6yYG3Pk75WRrrg40XvMMQd=hWpem6Cs6JcGt9wCA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk = <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> = wrote: >=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On 21.02.13 15:04, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >>=20 >>> Dear All , >>>=20 >>> During development of FreeBSD , testing is very vital . >>>=20 >>> To my knowledge ( which may not be correct ) , at present , >>> Tinderbox is used to only compilation correctness , >>> means "Syntax" is tested . >>>=20 >>> I have downloaded >>>=20 >>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/**FreeBSD/snapshots/amd64/amd64/** >>> ISO-IMAGES/10.0/FreeBSD-10.0-**CURRENT-amd64-20130216-** >>> = r246877-release.iso<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/amd64/amd6= 4/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-20130216-r246877-release.iso>= >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> and tried to install it on an Intel DG965WH main board . >>>=20 >>> During the first booting , it generated a panic message and entered = into >>> debug mode . >>>=20 >>> For me it has crashed , because I do not know what to do in debug = mode . >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On this main board , it is possible to completely install and = successfully >>> run >>>=20 >>> Windows 7 , >>> Fedora 15 , 17 , 18 , >>> Mageia >>> OpenSuSE >>>=20 >>=20 >> I stopped right here. None of the software you compare = FreeBSD-current to >> is an development build. On the other hand, you downloaded an = cutting-edge >> development build of FreeBSD (not released software) and expected it = to be >> stable. It is not. This is why it is not released. It might not = always >> break, but it might also damage your data and (possibly) hardware = too. >> Unless you agree to accept these risks, you should not play with >> development versions of software. >>=20 >> Having said that, the DG965WH is quite old hardware and any stable = version >> of FreeBSD should work just fine there. You are unlikely to see any = benefit >> of the unreleased versions that are still in development, such as >> supporting "very new" hardware etc. >>=20 >> Sorry if any of this sounds too hard, but it is reflecting reality. = This >> mailing list, freebsd-current exists to facilitate discussion between >> those, who know they are running highly unstable, still in = development >> version of FreeBSD that needs lots of work to become more stable. >>=20 >> Daniel >>=20 >=20 >=20 > I will not support your views . My main idea is to describe how we can = help > to improve FreeBSD testing . >=20 > The problem is " A snapshot intended for testing , is NOT able to = boot." . >=20 > If you ask , do I know what I am doing : My answer is I am working in > computing since 1970 . >=20 And in all that time you've never heard of nightly builds being broken ?
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