Hi, On Sunday 26 February 2012 18:16:53 Chris Rees wrote: > On 24 February 2012 01:35, Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com> > wrote: > > > > On Friday 24 February 2012 01:25:01 Damien Fleuriot wrote: > >> > >> This is NOT a troll. > >> This is NOT a flame. > >> Do NOT hijack this thread to troll/flame. > >> > > allow them some fun too. > >> > >> > >> Now, I find the number of problem reports regarding 9.0-RELEASE alarming > >> and I'm growing more and more fearful towards it. > >> > >> In the current state of things, I have *absolutely* no wish to run it in > >> production :( > >> > > Did you read deeply into the strategy behind the releases? If I remember > > right, the odd numbers are a little bit more experimental compared to the > > even numbers. For myself, I try to stick with even numbers whenever > > possible. If I install FreeBSD on a serious machine, I never use x.0. It > > must be at least x.1. > > There's no such odd/even number policy with FreeBSD-- I think you're > thinking of another OS ;) > maybe something got stuck in my head with the move from 4 to 5.
How easy was the move to 6 then? Independent of this, it is still true that there is always the older branch available when a new one opens at .0. > You're right that x.0 is slightly more experimental in general though > (by its nature, it must be). And has nothing to do with FreeBSD as such. Erich _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
