Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:06:37 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us Cc: Alexey Karagodov <karagodov@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disappointed Message-ID: <443574CD.2020405@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <443570EE.6080703@seclark.us> References: <20060405200341.GD14126@math.jussieu.fr> <20060405200727.GA28371@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060405201500.GE14126@math.jussieu.fr> <20060405211154.GA30089@soaustin.net> <c7aff4ef0604060458u1a019e0dna740f61e53299c25@mail.gmail.com> <44350FDF.1060206@gmx.de> <443570EE.6080703@seclark.us>
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Stephen Clark wrote:
> [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
>
>> Alexey Karagodov wrote:
>>
>>
>>> hi.
>>> i think, this unstablity happaning just because developers trying to
>>> make
>>> two systems at one time, one is 6.0 and another 7.0 current and they
>>> supporting old version, lower then 6.0
>>> i want to ask developers, why you developing new system, 7.0, if you
>>> don't
>>> finish old, 6.0 ?!
>>> finish 6.0, make it work, and upgrade it to 7.0 and to 8.0 and to 9.0
>>> and so
>>> on ...
>>> what so new and revolutionary in 7.0 in comparison with 6.0 ?!
>>> to use your system i must be a DEVELOPER, but i don't have so much
>>> time! i
>>> don't want to develope! i want to use, i want to help you with some
>>> advise (
>>> e.g. what feature to add, what feature to change etc), i can and i
>>> want to
>>> share some of my hardware to feet your needs, make a mirror, make a test
>>> server/workstation/notebook/PDA etc. i'm not an freebsd developer.
>>> i'm just
>>> admin and a user.
>>> your system is most greatest i ever seen. another wonderful system is
>>> SOLARIS.
>>> but your's is so unstable ...
>>>
>>
>> All this is described in many places. It all comes down to this: if you
>> don't want to be a developer, JUST USE THE RELEASE BRANCH. That means
>> Releng_6_0 for now.
>>
>> Stable only means compatible to previous versions of the same branch.
>> Not that the system is stable.
>>
> Who in their right mind would think that "stable" actually means
> "stable"!!!
It does mean that the API is stable.
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So that you can use a driver written for 6.0 on any 6.x build. And that
you can run software compiled for 6.0 on all following versions of the
6.x branch without a compatibility layer.
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