Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-20 Thread Crist J. Clark
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:30:17AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: * Leif Neland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010219 08:54] wrote: We all know: -current is bleeding edge, expect it to break at random. Don't run it if you don't know how to fix it. -stable is for production, it works all the time.

RE: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Leif Neland Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:55 AM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? We all know: -current is bleeding edge, expect it to break at

Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread Dermot McNally
"oldfart@gtonet" wrote: -RELEASE, I thought, is for production. Although, it's true, -STABLE rarely has a stop. Nope, -STABLE is for production, -RELEASE is for installing immediately prior to upgrading it to -STABLE. X.X-STABLE = X.X-RELEASE + fixes + carefully selected stuff that has been

RE: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I stand corrected... -Original Message- From: Dermot McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD. ORG Subject: Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent? "oldfart@gtonet&q

Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:22:43 + Dermot McNally [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DM Nope, -STABLE is for production, -RELEASE is for installing immediately Indeed, in fact there has been at least one release that was *not* tagged for -STABLE (3.0). -- Tell a computer to WIN - you lose!

Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Leif Neland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010219 08:54] wrote: We all know: -current is bleeding edge, expect it to break at random. Don't run it if you don't know how to fix it. -stable is for production, it works all the time. Do we need a level in between for people who just run current for the

Re: Do we need a 3. level between stable and cuurent?

2001-02-19 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:54:53 +0100, "Leif Neland" wrote: Do we need a level in between for people who just run current for the fun of it and for testing. So after the hardcore has tested it in -current, they commit it to all the monkeys trying to break it, and we then try it on n^m'