7.0-BETA1

[rihad]

Greg Byshenk wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:08:27PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>> rihad wrote:
> 
>>> How risky is it to start using 7.0-BETA1 in production, with the 
>>> intention of upgrading to release as soon as possible? Thanks.
>  
>> We've used 7-CURRENT since January on a couple of production boxes and 
>> had very few disasters, well, none, but a couple of issues.
>  
>> "Risky" is a relative term really, but if you ask me I'd say the "risk" 
>> is rather low.
>  
My question was more a theoretical one: it's called BETA for some 
reason, otherwise it'd still be in HEAD. To me BETA means that no major 
architectural changes are expected in it any more, no?

>> But: TEST FIRST!
> 
> I concur with Per.  I've been running 7-CURRENT on a couple of "production"
> machines for some months, without any serious problems -- but these are not
> mission-critical machines.
> 
Our machine-to-be is quite mission-critical... But if I start with the 
latest 6.x release, it would be more difficult to migrate to 7.0 when it 
comes out than if I start with 7.0-BETA?. I've known people running 
4-STABLE or 5-STABLE branches on mission-critical machines, without even 
bothering to upgrade, but I think they're stress-testing their luck ;-) 
So I don't want to join their camp, that's why I asked for advice ;-) 
Again it's named BETA for a reason, so it could be less intrusive than 
STABLE?..

I will definitely start with beta if it reaches BETA2 in a week or two - 
the time I got ;-) Thanks for advice.