Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:57:18 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> To: Mixtim <mixtim@home.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is the STABLE branch not so stable anymore? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010611183903.03ae00e0@pop.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <20010611193850.A19462@home.com> References: <20010611153217J.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <3B25405D.2090209@cs.csubak.edu> <20010611150838X.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <20010611181632.A19118@home.com> <20010611153217J.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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I'm finding RELENG_4_3 to be a nice balance between the somewhat staleness of a -RELEASE and the (at times) possible slight breakage of a -STABLE. Production servers by nature are most concerned with security patches; they don't need new bells and whistles because they're already up and doing their job. The more that changes, the greater chance for problems. It's between -RELEASEs that I'll generally evaluate new features/bugfixes and decide if an upgrade is appropriate for my environment. RELENG_4_3 is *almost* the -STABLE that I've been looking for. All I'd like to see is perhaps critical bug fixes, without all the new features and barrage of MFCs which are usually the cause of complaints. It's nice to have choices as to the granularity of updates. -CURRENT -STABLE and -RELENG_4_X (-PATCH?). BTW: this viewpoint is from a stable server environment, I'm not suggesting that -STABLE and friends should be depreciated. Each branch has its pros and cons. Use whatever best suits your specific needs. Informed choices are the key to success. </rant> --chris At 07:38 PM 6/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:32:17PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > Finally, let's not forget that nobody is FORCING you to run -stable. > > In fact, users in your category are always recommended to stick with > > the releases and not upgrade until a new one comes out so I'm not > > even sure why we're having this conversation in the first place. > >I apologize if it appeared as though I was attempting to bash someone. I was >trying to make a suggestion - sorry if it came out the wrong way. > >If you are happy with the process then so be it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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