From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 23:01:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A6B106564A for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5E98FC0A for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhj8 with SMTP id hj8so5711151wib.13 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:01:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to :x-gm-message-state; bh=o6Sera4IaqJiSteqE/iqQYCHzhbYp8CNfJPngT10LYQ=; b=fJSmoRfCfZ2Z4UWb97E5SySaT4TvaPiZpM/oImunhtnj6SeeADYEjopW433H0JjKKL mjiJVcPh7cVz64UuMeOfih0NOLqMYz0ItT9m0d8JP6LeQITdoJyLx1UyAsaAOKD5u11D KoTc54Ce69+VdQ5j0UM0SMwz0mTq4DP9KLlYt1N0xi84VegkzQh6p0Gu26nhGEtwqsYs OSTBJF6fO5beJhjtX1ZVLqd7M0nuvZtfCLr9CCuxcTTeiFoE7+FuK9rWEvCUeP6qm072 scvKti37cu1xWYB6rKjVmGsQpg97ZeULSo3OpCUww4tQO/OvPyvFzyzksPCrGEpnEXWH 3gdQ== Received: by 10.180.24.68 with SMTP id s4mr1100065wif.4.1339714878237; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:01:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (did75-17-88-165-130-96.fbx.proxad.net. [88.165.130.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z8sm24994783wiy.1.2012.06.14.16.01.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:01:17 -0700 (PDT) References: <4FD9A0E2.9010101@my.gd> <20120614144128.GB26121@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20120614144128.GB26121@lonesome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <96D1E708-FBBE-4E7F-B70A-4AA48EFD3268@my.gd> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:01:14 +0200 To: Mark Linimon X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkoomEMeO+NzQ4S+A8wZZ8cnwxc597GD0C5Tsfa+RLzEEdUz/CyMyQmRHZDyW9fLMl1CrDb Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:01:19 -0000 On 14 Jun 2012, at 16:41, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:29:22AM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> Whoever said STABLE is no good for production ? >>=20 >> I used to make us stick to 8.2-RELEASE here at work, but some bugfixes >> are just too important to skip (we're running firewalls and had a >> problem with a CARP bug). >=20 > In theory we try our best to keep -STABLE, well, stable in behavior and > not just the API, but in practice any given snapshot of -stable may or > may not have uncaught regressions in it. >=20 > I reiterate, the major difference between -stable and -release is a more > thorough QA process for the latter :-) >=20 > mcl We're indeed pretty happy with 8-STABLE :) We're ready to take the risk of a regression if the update squashes a bug th= at's a major PITA Thanks for your work on the project guys=