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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:12:51 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: why is -stable not secure? 
Message-ID:  <199612170512.WAA07056@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961216230153.006a7190@eyelab.msu.edu>
References:  <3.0.32.19961216230153.006a7190@eyelab.msu.edu>

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> >	- from an admin's perspective, -stable is far from dead.
> >	  There isn't even another release out yet; how can it be
> >	  dead?  We need something to run on our servers.  If it were
> >	  typical MicroSoft junk we may need to upgrade to try to
> >	  make it work, but -stable works.  Very very well.  Too
> >	  well to upgrade to 2.2 until it is proven.  The first
> >	  2.2 release will have more bugs than -stable has now.
> >	  More features, but more bugs; they will get worked out, but
> >	  not overnight.  Many people are using FreeBSD for servers
> >	  because they see it as having more stability over time
> >	  than the L word.  For the people using -stable in a server
> >	  features don't matter.  Minor (in that they are a few
> >	  lines of code, not that they are unimportant) security
> >	  fixes are important.
> 
> Personally I think this hits the nail on the head.  Especially since
> there's no alternative at this point besides the -stable branch for those
> of us who need a solid server that's not undergoing constant change for
> adding/stabilizing features that by in large we don't have a need for
> immediately.  I've seen a lot of 'the users this' and 'the developers that'
> about this issue, but let's face it:  until there is a 2.2-stable, there is
> an absolute necessity for 2.1-stable, and that needs to include security
> patches.

Fine.  Provide the resources for someone to patch 2.1.



Nate



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