Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:19:57 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Tore Lund <toreld@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stability of FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? Message-ID: <474A9DCD.6020500@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4749FDE0.9030902@netscape.net> References: <000701c82f89$fb9b40a0$0200a8c0@satellite> <ficguu$b43$1@ger.gmane.org> <4749FDE0.9030902@netscape.net>
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Tore Lund wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> Dave wrote: >>> Hello, >>> How stable is FreeBSD 7 Beta 3? Is it near production are their any >>> outstanding issues? >> Probably no major bugs will be fixed between now and 7.0 so you might as >> well start using it now. >> >> It's "stable enough" like all .0 releases, meaning you should throughly >> test it for your own workload before using it in production. > > Just curious, what is the "official" forum for pre-release discussions? > I notice there are some threads on the "current" list, but it seems to > me that this is really "questions" stuff, since it is an upcoming release. freebsd-stable is probably best. > In any case, I tried the boot-only CD, and I was not able to install any > packages during the install process. Sysinstall aborted with Signal 11 > when trying to read INDEX from the ftp site. Pkg_add from the command > line seems to work, however, so it looks like I may get online from > 7.0-BETA3 tomorrow. That is expected, packages are not available until later in the release cycle. > Moreover, wasn't there supposed to be a new install program? I have > read some promising remarks about it, but it's certainly not part of > 7.0-BETA3. Personally, I would much rather type a long list of commands > than use the old, rickety sysinstall. One is in early development, but not even complete let alone ready to replace sysinstall. Kris
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