Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:30:16 -0500 (EST) From: Matt Martini <martini@invision.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103192311210.62820-100000@aeon.invision.net> In-Reply-To: <20010319214915.A33199@cec.wustl.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I've read the documentation, and I'm far from being a newbie (having been at this since 2.2.5) and I still think the terminology used is confusing. If I'm an admin who wants a solid, tested, dare I say stable, operating system to run in my production enviornment I would want to grab a codebase called "STABLE." If I'm a developer, or just having fun with FreeBSD and I WANT to live on the bleeding edge then I would grab a codebase named "CURRENT." But as Andrew as pointed out this is NOT the was FreeBSD works at all. The -STABLE code is updated every day and is anything but "stable" and the - -RELEASE branch doesn't change. To my mind this is all backwards. It's not really all that bad once you get used to it (I got used to the X11 people calling the workstation side the server and the big multiuser box you connect to the client), but it is far from intuitive. And while I agree that often times newbies don't RTFM, it is our duty to help them understand our quirks of terminology and not come down too hard on them for being newbies. In case you hadn't noticed the Linux crowd is propogating an inferior product at a faster pace then FreeBSD because it is easier/friendlier to the newbie! (ditto x2 for M$). Matt On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > No... 4.2-RELEASE begat 4.2-STABLE. Until a few weeks ago, we were all > running 4.2-STABLE. Now we run 4.3-BETA. Then comes 4.3-RC, and then > 4.3-RELEASE. It is after this that 4.3-STABLE comes about. > > You won't see 4.4-STABLE until 4.4 has been released. > __________________________ http://www.invision.net/ _______________________ Matthew E. Martini, PE InVision.com, Inc. (631) 543-1000 x104 Chief Technology Officer matt@invision.net (631) 864-8896 Fax _______________________________________________________________________pgp_ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQEVAwUBOrbc2GtXn16/JS7ZAQGPGAgAiLPsQdCR3X+huWtCL6NhQtb5nHl6/KDV JonmzjMCERLWn8v4H1YAO7ee91y2ytTEMgSRmYvVEjRLxv+wYucxGLfrx7kwSuaB uUK3YzKUVGVJxXmq1S9NIIySvbqT2lbJ3WgD+vLwCqp0mTTrGLEJ4qHDcFd8aEmJ Lh8JyF5Usm3p9xVHfLTfNOJvc7yHUJYEeUhzw3XyvCQI3fjjAOzD9Mv3ygpDwS/w oFLqnmoguBaVHitc+pwawgQJw/NsbqdRxPtVoeP5q6ZMjBxSK+K39Ldh7YJHFbzW H4+dsDawB+qSzIefNChTeSpFoYHLHdn9oVpkApDhIZKplcsev/zb6A== =OKdA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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