From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 18:31:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E01106564A for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f14.google.com (mail-bw0-f14.google.com [209.85.218.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FDB8FC18 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so3578090bwz.19 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:31:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=+09UCuWA+0Ue/siUGIg4dfksnq5RxaFieia5JJTDVpM=; b=ErziFlF9PZkemZuhVhRWPoKJBtYgK7WAVwSBKTcRZlHAYvJ9RD39FS99xihISyVb7r CUu+z6X42pWoOrSZ6pnsmfWBtSkCy0ck5VmEaU2sDSpuCQOJx7ZiaSCwK9W38F/Vtoiz yRmbiNqPiFqk9xWL2p6kuNKwopZL+GDyDtCLE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=VVyj5zf6lXYvdDbSuZ02dltlj1ZK+fasoItDvxm2tL87+wcyGUZdVZ9zuMbjSCkJns OqYkh/LdW7pd4iwxHYfC2sVZYE94lyINbrnPJbJPib8XHiSYAtEDpH0OxwuVNV+K5jUE Iv4ERA/dC1pja6Mgan4QtBxt8J1MDGuhPn0Vc= Received: by 10.103.229.19 with SMTP id g19mr1982149mur.1.1229106513168; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:28:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.169.16 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:28:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310812121028m4e368da4n69e06d592e312eb0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:28:33 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Robert Huff" In-Reply-To: <18754.42851.295211.155980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <18754.42851.295211.155980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release schedules X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:31:10 -0000 On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > "When it's ready" used to be the scheduling principle. > Then came 5.0 debacle: behind schedule big-time (and arguably > not ready when it went out the door). > I remember discussion afterwards, where there seemed to be > agreement there ought to be a more-or-less regular schedule of major > releases every two years (plus or minus) with minor releases every > few months. > Looking at "www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html", that's > getting stretched. The RC-1 announcement for 7.1, originally > scheduled for early September, is now listed as last week ... and > didn't actually happen. (Unless I missed the memo.) > The RC-1 announcement for 7.1 did come out last week (check the stable@ archives). I personally would rather wait for quality than pushed quantity. -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams