From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 06:56:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35F351065681 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79FE8FC13 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so853253ywe.13 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:56:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=brIk2r2ajScUoW5kOPwQcnHdZ/iGQ2/Uwn6YLYhseU0=; b=IUK1K484jEpV/ezSuWjeATJCoFhntoAJ+w+o1idD/bxJ9UXaapLCqc7N47D6ZvJzbP 5y8Ise6DkTNoTkB8oSd78It4joFKxhTD3eTI9kSKko5z3vv1dp9atL+b/nKsEH8xq5at vEE+0i1i/1U96aqNpc4cXSmIk65fMXJNN5Aaw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=SK2y2vzTbQzVogOkaooHLHPehFtvGTEvXnnUMnevHRj/jVdyNjAShzRMetl6NrML+2 g8XaZaTM48xJceGl6gwG3GK4BDjQQ+v94i5TTDptvLxVFuaRQoRIKnR+0SpIYaZDWfAA nXTzEh5N5zf6Y0BQjAVtczYrDeuGtrWPrVHpI= Received: by 10.150.229.16 with SMTP id b16mr3681953ybh.123.1212906558705; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.51.5 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:29:18 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" To: "FreeBSD Stable" In-Reply-To: <37414AAF-C75A-4292-A174-2198BEF2A7DF@netconsonance.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846E637.9080101@samsco.org> <48472DB6.5030909@samsco.org> <6010676B-91B0-4AF8-ACF8-039A59B29331@netconsonance.com> <484736E0.6090004@samsco.org> <4847D5F8.80605@FreeBSD.org> <37414AAF-C75A-4292-A174-2198BEF2A7DF@netconsonance.com> Subject: Re: CLARITY re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:56:17 -0000 On 6/7/08, Jo Rhett wrote: > The question I raised is simply: given the number of bugs opened and > fixed since 6.3-RELEASE shipped, why is 6.3 the only supported > version? Why does it make sense for FreeBSD to stop supporting a > stable version and force people to choose between two different > unstable versions? Is this really the right thing to do? Define the terms "stable" and "unstable", how you measure said "stability" and "instability", and what you are comparing them against. Only then can people understand what you are talking about, and can any kind of meaningful dialog occur. Right now, you are saying one thing, people are hearing another, and responding with something else. Oh, and be sure to back things up with actual data, otherwise there's no point in going any further with this. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com