Re: snapshot stability
> > On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 15:31:38 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > As of right now, which would that be? The august CD snapshot release or > > the one available on the cvs servers right now? > > If I were you, I'd hold out for 4.0-RELEASE, since it's just around the > corner (January some time). Otherwise, just inhale and prepare to > bleed. :-) > Despite the risk of bleeding, I have to say that I've installed several snaps (from the freebsd snapshot server) with excellent results. Now that spasm over the block device removal has gone away, things have been pretty darn stable for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: snapshot stability
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sheldon Hearn writes: : If I were you, I'd hold out for 4.0-RELEASE, since it's just around the : corner (January some time). Otherwise, just inhale and prepare to : bleed. :-) I think that the January some time date may be optimistic given that we're not in feature freeze yet. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: snapshot stability
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I read that the VM system has been revamped and egcs is the default > compiler. Will either of these affect the average user besides larger > binaries? Actually, egcs WAS the default compiler. It is now (output of gcc -v): $ gcc -v Using builtin specs. gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) - Donn To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: snapshot stability
I read that the VM system has been revamped and egcs is the default compiler. Will either of these affect the average user besides larger binaries? Also, i'm wondering if maybe i should just wait until the 4.1 release for everything to settle down... -=> jm <=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: snapshot stability
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 15:31:38 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > As of right now, which would that be? The august CD snapshot release or > the one available on the cvs servers right now? If I were you, I'd hold out for 4.0-RELEASE, since it's just around the corner (January some time). Otherwise, just inhale and prepare to bleed. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message