Stephen Clark wrote:
[LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
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.
Then maybe it should be called api-stable!!
Given how long "STABLE" has been in use, changing it would be a gross
POLA violation. Actually, "POLA" illustrates my next point... :)
Have you ever Googled something? Saying "Googled" is easier than saying
"searched Google for". Language (especially technical language) gets
shortened and simplified. These shortened forms are a part of the
community's jargon (which is a synonym for "dialect" -- see where I'm
going here?). Different dialects may have different meanings for a
word/phrase. It is therefore VITAL to learn the meaning of a particular
word/phrase in the target dialect before attempting to use it. The
consequences of not doing so range from confusion and misunderstanding
to outright insult.
Is "STABLE" confusing to new users? Absolutely. I didn't get it at
first either. Is it difficult to find The Truth? Absolutely not.
Google for "freebsd stable" and the first link is the handbook's
explanation.
-Jonathan
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