Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 20:18:24 -0700 From: "Yann Sommer" <yann@yann.de> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Why not stick with [STABLE] [Was: RE: Releases] Message-ID: <BPEHKNFLJKCIDDNDIOAKKEOCCCAA.yann@yann.de>
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Heya all, I've been following this thread with some extra attention, since I remember beeing new to FreeBSD and complaining about a dedicated Server I ordered, running BETA. It is just, as has been mentioned a few times before on this list, against what other programms use for version naming. But, in my humble opinion I think the easiest solution has not been mentioned here before. Why not just suffix the old version description to stable, like: 4.3-STABLE-BETA 4.3-STABLE-RC 4.3-STABLE-FINAL or something in that direction. The essential word "STABLE" which gives the newer users the trust in a system (allthough it's kind of stupid after knowing the exact naming, but heh, nobody gets born with all knowledge ;), and at the same time sticks with the naming BSD users are used to. Just my 2 cents, --Frei -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christopher K Davis Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:55 PM To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Releases Mike W Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes: > I know, you're kidding. But if some group of people who have to deal > with the questions propose a complete new naming scheme designed to > deal with all the problems we see the current ones causing (though the > only serious one is -BETA/-RC), is there any chance of it being > adopted? How about just a new name for either -BETA (the major source > of the problem), or simply calling -STABLE -ALPHA, thus making -BETA & > -RC seem desirable? Off the top of my head: -STABLE, -FROZEN, -FROZENRC, -RELEASE. FROZEN has much better connotations than BETA (which should hopefully deconfuse people a bit), and continuing it into the release candidate phase gives us continuity there. The use of "FROZEN" also emphasizes the most critical change that happens in the currently-named BETA/RC phases, namely the freezing of changes other than critical ones. (I suppose it could be -SLUSHY and -FROZEN for -BETA and -RC if we wanted to be slightly cuter.) -- Christopher Davis * <ckd-sig@ckdhr.com> * <URL:http://www.ckdhr.com/ckd/>; Put location information in your DNS! <URL:http://www.ckdhr.com/dns-loc/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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