Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:46:27 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joe Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006) Message-ID: <20051217234627.GB68713@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com>
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--mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 02:00:21PM -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. >=20 > 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 of deployed systems out of date because there are no easy binary upgrade 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. >=20 > It has been bad, it's getting worse. Suggestions are nice, but who do you think will work on solving this? Kris --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDpKNTWry0BWjoQKURArrgAJ46xm5kLCiEpGDtHeWHA8L3fkjMCgCeLTiu UfX7Pm71Cu1oNGyQ+QHj3vc= =Qoqa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mxv5cy4qt+RJ9ypb--
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