Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:43:36 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Yuval Levy <freebsd-current@sfina.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 and onwards Message-ID: <418FA238.80605@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <JDEKJNLCGHFCNEBPGLHBCEFBFDAA.freebsd-current@sfina.com> References: <JDEKJNLCGHFCNEBPGLHBCEFBFDAA.freebsd-current@sfina.com>
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Yuval Levy wrote: > As a business I need predictability. I love the idea expressed by Scott > earlier of regular, frequent releases. I'd go one step further: Rather than > declaring the CURRENT branch STABLE and open a new CURRENT branch, I would > suggest to let both branches grow indefinitely with STABLE playing catch-up > on CURRENT. All changes (including major changes such as API) implemented > incrementally rather than disruptively and with a painless upgrade path from > one STABLE version to the next as the recommended way of keeping production > environments alive and secure. This doesn't work. You can't change API/ABI incrementally without breaking applications. -- Andre
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