Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 05:34:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Message-ID: <199703181334.FAA16165@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <l03010d00af542867217f@[208.2.87.4]> References: <l03010d00af53b835c5a5@[208.2.87.4]> <3162.858659199@time.cdrom.com> <l03010d00af542867217f@[208.2.87.4]>
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Richard Wackerbarth writes: > See! Despite the load protestrations to the contrary, 2.1 IS NOT DEAD. And I never said it was. Why are you belaboring the obvious? If I thought 2.1 was truly dead, would I and others be putting in the work to release 2.1.6/2.1.7/2.1.7.1/??? - this would seem to be a wholly redundant and unnecessary crusade you're on here. > I think that a lot of the effect that you are seeing is a direct result > of all the insistance that 2.1.5 was the end of the 2.1 branch. I entirely disagree. I think it's apathy, and I think you're just as guilty of it as everyone else here - I haven't seen any -stable patches from you, anyway. > By the repeated loud crys "2.1 is dead", it becomes a self fulfilling > claim. Why should I go to the effort to prepare something when I have > to sent it to someone you is proclaiming that what I would be doing > is a futile effort? Only you seem to think this, Richard, and claiming that you'd have worked on this if only we hadn't soured the milk is pure hogwash. You haven't put your money where your mouth is where 2.1 is concerned and now you're trying to put the blame elsewhere. I don't buy it for a second. > IMHO, one thing that is very discouraging to contributions is the > "ports" situation. I feel that the strong effort toward the 3.0 > branch, even before 2.2 was released, discourages contributions > to that major part of the system. You don't even have a workable > mechanism to support ports for 2.2, much less 2.1. As a result, Talk to Satoshi. Help him evolve some way of supporting multiple branches of development in a way that doesn't overload his ports developers and I'm sure he'll be reasonable. Jordan
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