From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 10:15:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02224 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:15:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from d132-h017.rh.rit.edu (d132-h017.rh.rit.edu [129.21.132.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA02218 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:15:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu) Received: from localhost (vega@localhost) by d132-h017.rh.rit.edu (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA15469; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:09:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:09:43 -0500 (EST) From: VEGA To: Steve Friedrich cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Plea to core team In-Reply-To: <199811091737.MAA31468@laker.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote: > I wonder if anyone subscribed to -questions besides me thinks that the > 3.0R shouldn't have been made generally available. It is allowing > total morons to destroy FreeBSD's reputation due to their incompetence. > 3.0R SHOULD be only installed by people with a freakin clue. Not > total newbies. It has resulted in a tremendous amount of noise on this > forum, because these newbies think they should be running the latest > and greatest. They aren't reading the release notes or anything else. > Please don't let them continue. Make 3.0R available only to those > willing to certify: > > 1. They are NOT using it in a production environment > 2. They have extensive FreeBSD experience > 3. They have extensive Unix System Admin experience > 4. They realize 3.X is not yet supported > 5. They are not Microsoft agents looking for an opportunity to bash any > non-Microsoft system > > 3.0R is NOT ready for prime time, i.e., it's not ready for newbies. > i have to agree. would i be wrong to assume that it was released only to appease the masses who would be outraged if it hadnt been released on october 15th? it seems to me that the release was just rushed, to meet a pseudo-deadline. it's usable, provided you have experience with problems that may occur, but newbies should definitly NOT be using 3.0. just my $0.02 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message