Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 16:17:06 -0800 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Adam Turoff <aturoff@isinet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <36DC7F82.63C6820A@thuntek.net> References: <4.1.19990302132445.040f6d40@localhost> <4.1.19990302154522.03fb3730@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote:
>
> At 03:00 PM 3/2/99 -0700, Brett Taylor wrote:
>
> >There's a reason we now have 3.1-STABLE. The 2.2.* branch is dead and
> >eventually (probably fairly quickly) ports will stop compiling correctly
> >for the 2.2 branch even if they have the ports updates correctly
> >installed.
>
> Sorry, but recent releases that are used in existing mission critical systems
> are NOT "dead limbs" to be sawn off within only a couple of months of
> release. I can see the Linuxoids ranting now: "See? The FreeBSD team doesn't
> even provide ports for a release that's less than 6 months old! So much
> for their 'great ports collection.' That's the kind of support you'll get if
> you use FreeBSD."
>
> Sad to say, they'll have a point. Conservative users who lag behind a version
> or two to ensure stability are the LAST people the FreeBSD team should want
> to disenfranchise. ("The power to serve," remember?) The ports had BETTER keep
> working for AT LEAST a year after release. To do anything less is to hurt
> users and damage FreeBSD's reputation beyond repair.
>
> --Brett
I __STRONGLY__ concur with this. I will scream to high heaven if major
ports stop working on 2.2.8, unless it can be guaranteed that 3.1 is as
stable and forgiving in all production situations. I am now installing
3.1 to test, so I'm sure I'll find out soon myself, but if I put a
client machine up and it barfs I -- and FreeBSD -- are dead meat for
that client. I know it's a lot of work to maintain three trees,
especially when the compiler has gone ELF, but, please, even if you have
to teach ME how to do it, do it!!!
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