Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:48:44 -0600 (CST) From: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com> To: VEGA <vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> Cc: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Plea to core team Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109124157.10530A-100000@adam.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811091307020.15459-100000@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu>
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Instead of doing the below maybe what should be done is place something on the istall page that says: "3.0-Release should not be installed on production systems. It is for developers etc etc etc ... JOHN On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, VEGA wrote: > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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