From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 18 15:42:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25461 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pandora.hh.kew.com (root@kendra.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.94.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25276 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from software@kew.com) Received: from sonata.uucp.kew.com (sonata.hh.kew.com [192.168.203.135]) by pandora.hh.kew.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA21229; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:39:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from kew.com by sonata.uucp.kew.com (UUPC/extended 1.12y) with UUCP for multiple addressees; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:39:27 -0500 Received: from kew.com by sonata.uucp.kew.com (UUPC/extended 1.12y) with ESMTP for multiple addresses; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:39:24 -0500 Message-ID: <35105B2C.F7ECD15D@kew.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:39:24 -0500 From: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks, Stoneham, MA 02180 (http://www.kew.com) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-MOENE (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael V. Harding" CC: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'Code Freeze' References: <199803181311.FAA02549@netcom1.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Michael V. Harding wrote: > I'll have to agree with the below - my experience has been that the > CDs are the LEAST stable releases. I agree. I only use the 2.2.5 CD-ROM for the ports disc. > There always seems to be some ugly bug discovered > within a month of the CD going to press This is very true. It occurred to me at one point suggest that another point be added to the 2.2.5 release (2.2.5.1) to fix all the minor problems. But that should be the function of the 2.2.? level. Put another way, why did the disk slice code have to go onto -stable? How did it "improve" the stable environment? -- Drew Derbyshire UUPC/extended e-mail: software@kew.com Telephone: 617-279-9812 "Never test for a bug you don't know how to fix." - QA manager To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message