There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD. - denouement

[John Kozubik]

Friends,

On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Kamil Choudhury wrote:

> Use the branch which offers (for you) the best balance of features 
> and "support time remaining". Legacy isn't the same as unusable.


Of course I'm not actually asking for suggestions as to which release to 
use - we're[1] heavily invested in FreeBSD and spend a lot of time and 
money on testing and due diligence for what is the sole OS platform for 
our core businesses.

Most of you recognized this as a continuation of the long (and productive, 
I thought) conversation from March 2012 titled "FreeBSD has serious 
problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle".

So I was curious where we were at 2.5 years later.

And that's what lead to my rhetorical question:  If you're not a hobbyist, 
and you need to go into production and withstand stakeholder scrutiny, 
what do you do with a single x.0 release and two legacy releases ?

My favorite response was "use stable" which, in two words, tells you 
*everything you need to know* about FreeBSD development.

John Kozubik



[1] rsync.net