Disappointed

[LoN]Kamikaze LoN_Kamikaze at gmx.de
Thu Apr 6 12:56:06 UTC 2006



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.


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