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Date:      Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:43:41 -0500
From:      Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        bala@mataira.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Release Question
Message-ID:  <20041010004341.02c73919@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
In-Reply-To: <4168BF5A.2050004@mataira.com>
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On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:49:30 -0700
Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar@mataira.com> wrote:

> Vulpes Velox wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:07:00 -0700
> >Balakumar Velmurugan <vbkumar@mataira.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>     We are starting development on a new project that would go 
> >>production in the fall of 2005. I have been evaluating Release 4.x
> >>and 5.x branches for the suitability. Our target platform is AMD64
> >>and AMD32 uni-processor systems. We like most of 5.x features
> >except>for its performance and conerns about the availability of a
> >STABLE>version in our time window,  and I would like your opinion
> >to choose>the right FreeBSD version tree to start the development
> >right now.>BTW,  we dont have any plans to run on SMP architecture,
> >our target>platform will always be uni-processor based. Questions
> >are,>
> >>1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized and
> >>be comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Which did you test? Did you turn debugging and ect off? Tried
> >5.3beta7 yet?
> >  
> >
> 
> I tried 5.2.1 and havent tried the beta7, yet.  Can you tell me,
> what is the release tag for beta7 ?. RELENG_5_3_BETA7 didnt work for
> me !! Thanks for your pointers.

RELENG_5 will get you the newest version of 5x



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