On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:49:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Oleg" == Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oleg> How does FreeBSD manage to stay reasonably secure and stable, > Oleg> yet modern (compared to Potato)? > > Perhaps number of packages has something to do with this? How > does testing compare to freebsd in terms of security and stability? > (I do not use freebsd, so I honestly do not know).
Similar order of magnitude in terms of number of packages, if you count the FreeBSD ports system. However, I don't think FreeBSD take their ports into account when it comes to making releases in quite the same way we take optional and extra packages into account. FreeBSD certainly has a very good reputation in terms of security and stability; I'd ask the FreeBSD committer sitting behind me, but he'd probably be biased. :-) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
