From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 02:37:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF46016A41F; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:37:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mail.localelinks.com (web.localelinks.com [64.39.75.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A3A43D60; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:37:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (adsl-144-221-183.jan.bellsouth.net [70.144.221.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.localelinks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE67AD; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:37:26 -0600 (CST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 2E6EF61C21; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:37:25 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:37:25 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Joe Rhett Message-ID: <20051218023725.GM63497@over-yonder.net> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11-fullermd.2 Cc: stable@freebsd.org, current Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:37:32 -0000 On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 02:00:21PM -0800 I heard the voice of Joe Rhett, and lo! it spake thus: > > Increasing the number of deployed systems out of date [...] This doesn't make any sense. If you install a 6.0 system, in 6 months (assuming you installed it right when 6.0 was cut, for simplicity), it will be 6 months out of date. It's neither more nor less out of date if the current release is then 6.1, or 6.2, or 8.12; it's still 6 months back. A case could, in fact, be made that more common releases lead to far FEWER deployed systems out of date, since it makes it far easier for those who already use binary upgrades instead of source to get things faster. Now, this is not to say that easier incremental binary upgrades are a bad thing, but bad analogy doesn't help anybody... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.