Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:26:33 -0500 From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "Joe S" <js.lists@gmail.com>, "Roland Smith" <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: Release schedules Message-ID: <BAY126-DS7BDC6FF27AD20A16BABE0CAF90@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <200811121259.25046.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za><20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <f2c294a10812120920l4d11bebfgd5c9208336b075b@mail.gmail.com> References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za><20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <f2c294a10812120920l4d11bebfgd5c9208336b075b@mail.gmail.com>
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-------------------------------------------------- From: "Joe S" <js.lists@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:20 PM To: "Roland Smith" <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Jonathan McKeown" <jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: Release schedules > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: >>> I've been biting my tongue about this because I'm not sure that I can >>> offer >>> any help or useful suggestions, but here goes... >>> >>> What on earth is going on with release scheduling? >> >> Two words: volunteer project >> >> I would propose to do away with the release schedule altogether, or make >> it very succinct; >> >> next release: when it's done. > > What? Isn't that the Linux kernel schedule? > > Give me a break. The OpenBSD team of volunteers makes a new release > every six months, with target release dates in May and November. I > can't recall a slip of even one day. I know, this isn't OpenBSD, but > it proves that a regular release schedule is indeed possible. also remember that 6.4 was being worked on at the same time. there's only a finite number of people to spread across both projects. finalization of 7.1 should come faster as 6.4 has been released
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