Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:23:34 -0800 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Testing Facility Message-ID: <CAOgwaMsdft6yYG3Pk75WRrrg40XvMMQd=hWpem6Cs6JcGt9wCA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51261D9E.6080507@digsys.bg> References: <CAOgwaMsbupU0NB7TA6RMJW0erWBGwcsGO16xt3GPLsPuh-rpRA@mail.gmail.com> <51261D9E.6080507@digsys.bg>
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> wrote: > > > On 21.02.13 15:04, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > >> Dear All , >> >> During development of FreeBSD , testing is very vital . >> >> To my knowledge ( which may not be correct ) , at present , >> Tinderbox is used to only compilation correctness , >> means "Syntax" is tested . >> >> I have downloaded >> >> 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/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-20130216-r246877-release.iso>; >> >> >> and tried to install it on an Intel DG965WH main board . >> >> During the first booting , it generated a panic message and entered into >> debug mode . >> >> For me it has crashed , because I do not know what to do in debug mode . >> >> >> >> On this main board , it is possible to completely install and successfully >> run >> >> Windows 7 , >> Fedora 15 , 17 , 18 , >> Mageia >> OpenSuSE >> > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > Daniel > I will not support your views . My main idea is to describe how we can help to improve FreeBSD testing . The problem is " A snapshot intended for testing , is NOT able to boot." . If you ask , do I know what I am doing : My answer is I am working in computing since 1970 . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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