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by **Louis Epste** » Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:00:00

So given that 3.5 is the official end of the line for its branch,
as were 2.1.7.1 and 2.2.8-plus-a-bit-SNAP,
is it the expert opinion that 4.1 is production-ready and we
don't need to worry about rough edges?

by **Gregory Bon** » Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:41:17

> is it the expert opinion that 4.1 is production-ready and we
> don't need to worry about rough edges?

Absolutely. In fact, 4.0 was pretty damn good. The aim is for x.0
releases to be production-ready.

by **Nick Hilliar** » Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:00:00

> So given that 3.5 is the official end of the line for its branch,
> as were 2.1.7.1 and 2.2.8-plus-a-bit-SNAP,
> is it the expert opinion that 4.1 is production-ready and we
> don't need to worry about rough edges?

4.1 is probably more stable than 3.5. A lot of rough edges in 3.x have been
polished off, and it's certainly fine for production.

Nick

by **Neil Bradle** » Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:00:00

> So given that 3.5 is the official end of the line for its branch,
> as were 2.1.7.1 and 2.2.8-plus-a-bit-SNAP,
> is it the expert opinion that 4.1 is production-ready and we
> don't need to worry about rough edges?

Well, I'm running 4.0 since near the day it was released. Dual PIII/500,
2 36 gig drives, 2940U2W, kernel compiled in SMP mode:

SYNTHCOM->neil: 1117] uptime
1:56AM up 64 days, 2:31, 3 users, load averages: 2.00, 2.00, 1.94

Rebooted 64 days ago to install filtering capabilities. Was up for 34
days before that.

I had another machine that was up for 96 days (Pentium 150) that I had
to move, so the running clock got reset. ;-( Does this help answer your
question?

-->Neil

by **Neil Bradle** » Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:00:00

> > Well, I'm running 4.0 since near the day it was released. Dual PIII/500,
> > 2 36 gig drives, 2940U2W, kernel compiled in SMP mode:
> > SYNTHCOM->neil: 1117] uptime
> > 1:56AM up 64 days, 2:31, 3 users, load averages: 2.00, 2.00, 1.94
> I'm running 4.0 release, but had occaisonally kernel crashes when
> doing PPP (pppd). My ISP is a bit buggy recently, but this should not
> be a reason to crash. When not doing PPP the system is rock stable.

Hm... I'm running three PPP dialins (who use it daily) on that machine,
and so far I've not seen a crash. Interrupt conflict on your end,
perhaps?

-->Neil

by **Louis Epste** » Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:13:07

:
: > is it the expert opinion that 4.1 is production-ready and we
: > don't need to worry about rough edges?
:
: Absolutely. In fact, 4.0 was pretty damn good. The aim is for x.0
: releases to be production-ready.

Well,this wasn't the case for 2.0 or 2.2.0 or 3.0...

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