freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable )

[Jon Holstrom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bartosz Fabianowski" <freebsd at chillt.de>
To: "Jon Holstrom" <jon at web-tricks.net>
Cc: <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: freeBSD 5.5 Prerelease ( 5.4 stable )


>> but i need a working OS, not a bata !
> 
> If you don't like using a beta (nothing wrong with that), you definitely 
> should not be using -stable either. There are even less promises 
> regarding the reliability and quality of -stable than there are of a 
> beta. After all, during the prerelease and beta cycles, the tree is 
> getting in shape for a release and there is a focus on fixing as many 
> little nits as possible. In between releases, bigger MFCs might hit 
> -stable from time to time and make it less reliable.
> 
> So, while you are getting confused by the branch name changing, you 
> should also rethink whether you want -stable at all. It really seems 
> like you should be aiming for RELENG_5_4 (and then RELENG_5_5 once 5.5 
> is out) instead.
> 
> - Bartosz
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Thank you much for your input.
after thinking this over a few weeks ago,
it did seem to be the best bet to go for 5.4 stable.
i gave 6.0 release its chance, things didnt
seem to work as i needed them.

5.4 release does not support Eclipse 3.1 at all.
this is why i needed 5.4 stable !
as hard as i tried to stay simple on
using FreeBSD,  FreeBSD led me to 5.4 stable
as of Feb1, 2006 at 10:00 GMT..... all working this far.

Software has its own mind, it will & has led us here.
i could go on & on about what i think about all this.
but the truth is, FreeBSD software led me here !

What i am upto with freebsd 5.4 stable ?
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FreeBSD 5.4 stable.
Apache 1.3
PHP4
MySQL 4.1
OSCommerce 2.2 MS2
JavaSDK 1.4
Tomcat 5
Eclipse 3.1 <------- needs 5.4 stable 
PHPEclipse
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