From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 12:49:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA17727 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:49:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from anacreon.sol.net (anacreon.sol.net [206.55.64.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA17718 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:49:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from solaria.sol.net (solaria.sol.net [206.55.65.75]) by anacreon.sol.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA11997; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:49:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost by solaria.sol.net (8.5/8.5) id OAA06935; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:49:08 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199702192049.OAA06935@solaria.sol.net> Subject: Re: another victim... To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 14:49:06 CST Cc: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199702191944.OAA00769@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> from "David E. Cross" at Feb 19, 97 02:44:07 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL65] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hmm... 2.1.7 would be nice, but I would hate to go to 2.1.7 only to have > 2.2 come out a week later. Any ideas when 2.2 is scheduled to be out. The > gamma releases seem to be progressing quite rapidly, and I have not heard any > real problems about the gammas here. My opinion (and only my opinion): As a person whose work revolves around UNIX server platforms, I would never choose to put all of my faith in a relatively untested platform. 2.2 has not had enough real world exposure to shake out all of the real bugs and problems that may exist. That is not to say that I am not running it; I most certainly AM! But I am only running it on machines that are either non-critical (i.e. my personal workstations, etc) or machines that are redundantly backed up by other proven platforms (i.e. 2.1.X). On the other hand, 2.1.X has been proven by time and fire to be a STABLE and RELIABLE OS. My Web server is setting site uptime records: 2:39PM up 195 days, 23:22, 1 user, load averages: 0.21, 0.18, 0.15 For a server class platform, one really doesn't _need_ many/most of the enhancements made in 2.2, and so it would be better to go with a known stable platform for any critical applications. In the meantime, there are those of us who are beating the snot (sorry for the Karlism) out of 2.2, and it is looking very promising. Hopefully it can "prove" itself and take over for 2.1.7 within the next year. But I am not going to put all of MY eggs in the 2.2 basket, until I am confident that the basket is strong, and was well built, based on firsthand experience. That's why you might wish to install 2.1.7. It's basically a matter of faith and reliability. If you're looking for a desktop OS? Then the picture might be different. 2.2 should offer enough of an incentive to go that way that you may choose to install 2.2. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847