Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:20:00 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Przemyslaw Brojewski <przemek@my.tenbit.pl>, Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releases Message-ID: <20010410122000.C749@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <15058.15825.422218.278218@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:55:13PM -0500 References: <20010409105223C.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104100522430.38514-100000@xeon.int.nz.freebsd.org> <014a01c0c12e$e5e76f20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <5.0.2.1.0.20010409101533.00ace930@pop.schulte.org> <5.0.2.1.0.20010409111054.00b18008@pop.schulte.org> <200104091911.MAA32457@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <3AD20ECC.5A895124@quake.com.au> <20010409193544.A25126@acc.umu.se> <200104091816.UAA03404@flip.tenbit.pl> <15058.15825.422218.278218@guru.mired.org>
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--5G06lTa6Jq83wMTw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:55:13PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> types: > > > Just because the problem is difficult to solve does not mean it can n= ot be > > > or should not be solved. > > Fine, how about you solve it and the rest of us will get back to all > > the other stuff we have on our plates. :) >=20 > I know, you're kidding.=20 He's almost certainly not. FreeBSD is a huge time sink, and people work on whatever interests them. If this topic interests you then you're the best person to work on it, and submit changes. > But if some group of people who have to deal > with the questions propose a complete new naming scheme designed to > deal with all the problems we see the current ones causing (though the > only serious one is -BETA/-RC), is there any chance of it being > adopted? =20 There's certainly a chance. > How about just a new name for either -BETA (the major source > of the problem), or simply calling -STABLE -ALPHA, thus making -BETA & > -RC seem desirable? Because -STABLE is not alpha code, by any definition of "Alpha" that I'm familiar with. -STABLE is designed to be exactly that, "Stable code that is probably suitable to run your production systems on, with as few surprises as possible". N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --5G06lTa6Jq83wMTw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrS7F8ACgkQk6gHZCw343VxbQCfWM3X51/GAu1DNk8tIP1gFFcl YA4An3xANyDgNR5ZOtoYcVHTpU0lFA3K =PQaN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5G06lTa6Jq83wMTw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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