From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 18 06:46:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA18458 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 06:46:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eros.britain.eu.net (eros.Britain.EU.net [192.91.199.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA18453 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 06:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nadt.org.uk by eros.britain.eu.net with UUCP id ; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:45:09 +0100 Received: from infodev (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA02381 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:42:00 +0100 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:42:00 +0100 Posted-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:42:00 +0100 Message-Id: <199607181342.OAA02381@charlie.nadt.org.uk> X-Website: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~nadt X-Sender: robmel@mailhost X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@freebsd.org From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: I'm re-rolling the 2.1.5 release. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >One branch was named -stable, with the intention that >only well-tested bug fixes and small incremental enhancements would be >made to it (for ISPs and other commercial enterprises for whom sudden >shifts or experimental features are quite undesirable). >... in our >rush to get this out, I'm afraid to say that we skipped some >regression testing - this is evidently our just reward for cutting >corners! Hmmm, it's tempting to make remarks about shutting -stable doors after horses have bolted... but I shan't. :) Robin. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ --------------------------------------------------------