Scott Marlowe wrote:
> I tested 8.4 what I thought was fairly hardly last year only
> to have 8.4.1 die under the same load that 8.3 handled without a
> problem, and reverted to the known working version putting testing
> 8.4.1 on hold.
>
> So to ME, the choice is a fully functional 8.3 installation that has
> NO problems with free space map because of configuration choices, or
> an 8.4 with a known (to me) issue of crashing and dying.
>
FYI, since December of 2009 (release of 8.4.2) there have been 10 bugs
fixed with the word "crash" in their description, as well as 7 memory
leaks that could potentially lead to crash. Even six months ago I was
still hesitant to push 8.4 toward production systems; the number of bugs
shaken out in the last two releases has been substantial.
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