From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 3 11:55:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A4837B401 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.mailix.net (smtp.mailix.net [216.148.213.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77B243E65 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:55:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tapeworm@insekta.org) Received: from [12.246.25.94] (helo=noir.insekta.org) by smtp.mailix.net with asmtp (Exim 4.01) id 17xB8M-0001Fn-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:55:39 -0700 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:56:23 -0700 From: erk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.7 Message-Id: <20021003115623.4a0e0124.tapeworm@insekta.org> In-Reply-To: <20021003080201.GN45363@vectors.cx> References: <004901c26aa2$6097ea10$42f5d782@corp.thebiz.net> <20021003080201.GN45363@vectors.cx> Organization: the insekta organization X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG glad to see someone posted about this. i was kind of anxious for this release, but more stability is infinitely preferable to a quick-and-dirty release. i'd also second a vote for some kind of notification/updates on the main page. this is the first info i've seen about any of it, and i'm sure there are a good number of other people wondering what's going on. at the least, it might lower the number of people checking the ftp sites for iso images. - erik On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 01:02:01 -0700 Adam Weinberger wrote: > patience ::) > > the RE team has chosen to release 4.7 after the original date in > exchange for greater confidence in the stability of the release. > there will likely be another release candidate before 4.7 is official. > > i imagine it would simplify things to provide at least some sort of > recognition on the webpage that 4.7 is indeed delayed. while a target > date easily may not be feasible, a notice of acknowledgement of the > delay and a note keeping users abreast of what is involved in the > delay and what is currently being tested would be a welcome addition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message