Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:44:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, jarvis@guru.wow.aust.com, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, stox@enteract.com Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <36E509AE.64D2B142@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903031706210.1032-100000@m4.stox.sa.enteract.com> <4.1.19990308214810.03ea4650@localhost> <36E4DF56.952E946F@softweyr.com> <36E4F0D0.2A0B617B@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Brett Glass wrote:
> > >
> > > We need a more coordinated effort here. Releases need to be timed to coincide
> > > with events, and need to come out regularly. Want to form a press release
> > > "team?"
> >
> > God help us, Brett wants to become the John Young of FreeBSD.
> >
> > "Releases need to be timed to coincide with events?" How about "Releases
> > need to be timed to coincide with when the code is ready to go?"
>
> Now, Wes, I understand the impulse one might have of just
> contradicting Brett automatically on everything he says or proposes,
> lately, but...
>
> Our releases have never really been timed to coincide with code. I'd
> say they are usually done when "well, it has been pretty stable, and
> we haven't done one lately, so..." or "come on, people, we have been
> working on this for *ages*! either we release something _now_, or we
> might just as likely never do it (3.0 :)". I might be mistaken, and
> Jordan is invited to correct me if so... But I truly think we
> *could* time our releases to be more event-friendly.
>
Errr, wasn't Brett referring to *press* releases, not FreeBSD
releases?
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>
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