From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 19:08:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078BE106564A; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A318FC16; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:08:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8MJ843Y011104; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:08:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.571 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.571 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-1.171, DATE_IN_FUTURE_48_96=3.182] Message-Id: <320CA2E9-2358-4E3A-A1D3-F8918B70A6C2@netconsonance.com> From: Jo Rhett To: Gary Palmer In-Reply-To: <20080920190450.GB60230@in-addr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:08:39 -0700 References: <0C2C7E9B-61E3-4720-B76F-4745A3C963DA@netconsonance.com> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <34C3D54B-C88C-4C36-B1FE-C07FC27F8CB5@netconsonance.com> <20080920190450.GB60230@in-addr.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: freebsd-stable , Robert Watson Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:08:42 -0000 On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Gary Palmer wrote: > Actually Robert, to be fair to Jo, I suspect it is more proper to say > "$COMPANY wants extended support lifetimes. What can I, or $COMPANY, > do to help make that happen?". I think its been misinterpreted as > Jo saying "Let me do the work". He has offered to see if his company > will let him help on company time, but I do not believe the constraint > is quite as you phrased it above. The goal is the same, but throw it > open to a wider contraint set - what resources does the project need > to make it happen? Money? Test labs? Server hosting? Twinkies? Exactly. Thank you for phrasing it so very well. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness