FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE stability?

[Ronald Klop]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:01:26 +0200, Brett Glass <brett at lariat.net> wrote:

> How stable are folks finding FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to be? The improvements  
> are welcome, but there have been a few troubling messages about kernel  
> panics and VM issues on the various mailing lists. It's never clear  
> until the release drops whether these are actual problems with the  
> software or hardware defects in individual systems, so I am eager to  
> hear how the new release is working for everyone.
>
> --Brett Glass

I agree that on the mailinglist it looks like this happens:

1. X.Y-RELEASE
2. bugfixes on X.Y-STABLE
3. half way between 2 releases X.Y-STABLE looks pretty good
4. announcement code freeze X.(Y+1)-RELEASE is coming
5. MFC all kinds of new features from -HEAD to -STABLE
6. A lot of mails about bugs and also fixes
7. X.(Y+1)-RELEASE
8. bugfixes on X.(Y+1)-STABLE
9. half way between 2 releases X.(Y+1)-STABLE is pretty good

But in the end a mailinglist is a collection of problem reports and not a  
collection of success stories. For a lot of people it runs very well and  
you never here them.
So I guess it all runs pretty well unless your system does not.

Cheers,
Ronald.