From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Nov 23 10:21:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 862F614A04 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:20:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA76720; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:20:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:20:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... In-Reply-To: <2049.943380341@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > And I agree with 'proprtions' issue too. I'm trying to correct > > this. But, perhaps, a considerable compromise would pay some > > benefit to FreeBSD? > > I don't see how. Most of our customers demand more releases more > frequently, not less. When we're already at 4 releases/year, this is indicitive of a problem. People want new releases to fix the bugs in the current release. Our release QA is horrible. Look at what Apple does -- they sit on the release candidate for a *month*, with *no changes at all*, before putting it gold; we might get a week, and frequently there's last-minute changes or more obscure nuances that often result in bugs in the release. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message