Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:35:14 -0500 From: Drew Sanford <drew@planetwe.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@columbus.rr.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! MFC's Message-ID: <39F9BCD2.661261D5@planetwe.com> References: <20001027184107.T5433@lucifer.bart.nl> <20001027094613.E28123@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001027185310.V5433@lucifer.bart.nl> <20001027100225.F28123@fw.wintelcom.net> <39F9BC62.4B702347@columbus.rr.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > > Come on here. This is the kind of talk I don't want to hear. > > There is no "panic" here. Anyone who knows anything about this system > already knows that -STABLE is never a guarantee of stability. It's a > best attempt at it. (and a damn good one, I might add!) > Personally, I have a test system that I cvsup and test before doing a > cvsup on a mission-critical production system. (I then use the date > tag in cvsup to get the exact version tested onto the production > machine) Anyone who is not doing something similar is begging for > trouble. Occasionally the -STABLE tree breaks. > > And as far as not communicating anything for fear of "potentially" > doing anything. Ignore him, Jeroen! If I want communications smoothed > over for marketing purposes, I'll go back to commercial software. I > want honest information on what's going on in the tree, and that's > what Jeroen is giving us. > One of the great things I like about Open Source is the candidness. > Bugs are freely communicated so I don't have to spend hours on the > phone with a tech support person who has been told not to admit that > there could be bugs that aren't officially published by big brother. > > I thought Jeroen's message was a well-worded reminder to be careful > with cvsupping -STABLE on production machines. Anyone who is concerned > by this message needs to reconsider their upgrading practices. > > -Bill > > (I'm not mad, I'm just loud - hope this doesn't sound like a rant) (amen) -- Drew Sanford Systems Administrator Planetwe.com Email: drew@planetwe.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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