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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:50:07 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Why 7.0 is so late ?
Message-ID:  <20071019125006.GB2893@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <18199.57028.210903.451591@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 2007-10-18 18:31, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>Jerry McAllister writes:
>>> I'd much rather that a RELEASE version is as stable as it can
>>> reasonably be made than that it arrives "on time".
>>
>> Yup.  I think that is the way all of us feel.
>
> I don't think many will argue, at least not loudly.  However ... many
> also have bad memories of 5.0, and the grim\\\\ firm desire to never
> let that happen again.

Indeed.  That's one of the most important driving forces between trying
to push major releases out with a period of "around 18 months" ;)




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