Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 09:01:38 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable branch Message-ID: <20001006090138.B1410@ophelia.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001005173257.048b9f00@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 05:36:56PM -0600 References: <Your <4.3.2.7.2.20001005105420.04a7b540@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20001005105420.04a7b540@localhost> <20001004220906.D50210@dragon.nuxi.com> <200010051830.MAA01024@harmony.village.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20001005173257.048b9f00@localhost>
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[Dropped freebsd-developers, since it isn't an open list. Unfortunately,
this doesn't really belong on freebsd-security either, but I don't care
to move it now.]
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 05:36:56PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> Personally, I would equate "-SOLID" with "suitable for production
> machines" whereas -STABLE would be "OK for application developers
> and eager/early adopters but still settling down to the confidence
> level of -SOLID."
>
> Which might imply setting things up so that the -STABLE branch
> becomes -SOLID after, say, a good .2 release.
Two ideas that are related only by the fact that I am skeptical of the
feasibility of yet another branch maintained by our volunteers:
1. A -SOLID or -BUGFIX branch sounds to me like a business
opportunity to me.
2. I wonder about the feasibility of another tag on the -STABLE
branch that follows behind RELENG_4. It may be easier to
identify the last-known-excellent point on -STABLE than to
maintain another branch.
I should also note that I, personally, think that productions systems
should run -RELEASE, plus locally applied hot-fixes. Yes, I realize
that many shops may not have the expertise to do this. See (1).
--
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org
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