Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:08:07 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Joe Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 Message-ID: <20051217220807.GA28741@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20051217215434.GB92180@svcolo.com> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217215434.GB92180@svcolo.com>
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:54:34PM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote.. > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:04:05AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > > There will be three FreeBSD 6 releases in 2006. > > While this is nice, may I suggest that it is time to put aside/delay one > release cycle and come up with a binary update mechanism supported well by > the OS? Increasing the speed of releases is good. Increasing the number > of deployed systems out of date because there are no easy binary upgrade > mechanisms is bad. > > It has been bad, it's getting worse. So, when will you fix it? Or hire someone to fix it? FreeBSD after all is mostly a volunteer operation. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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