Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:34:07 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@haven.freebsd.dk> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, "R. Imura" <imura@ryu16.org>, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf newvers.sh Message-ID: <42D3E2EF.2030205@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <32967.1121182223@phk.freebsd.dk> References: <32967.1121182223@phk.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20050712143312.GA51198%imura@ryu16.org>, "R. Imura" writes: > >>Hi, >> >> >>>Well, here's the problem: >>> >>>Jan: Spring semester start >>>Apr - May: Spring semester final exams >>>Jun: Large conferences (USENIX, WWDC, etc) >>>Jul - Aug: European Summer Holiday >>>Sep - Oct: Fall semester start, security advisory season >>>Nov - Dec: USA Holidays, religious holidays, fall semester final exams >>> >>>So the only good time to do a release in in Feb-Mar. >>> >>>Scott >> >>At Feb-Mar, we have fall semester final exams for students, >>end of fiscal year for workers. :-p > > > Historically I found that summer vacation was the least awful time > to do releases _exactly_ because there were fewer people around. > I was being sarcastic and pointing out that there is only one narrow 'ideal' time to do a release. Of course I forgot the southern hemisphere, so there really is no ideal time to do a release. So we push forward anyways, deal with the problems that come up, and thank those who help. Scott
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