Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:00:21 -0800 From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006) Message-ID: <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org>
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:04:05AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > There will be three FreeBSD 6 releases in 2006. While this is nice, may I suggest that it is time to put aside/delay one release cycle and come up with a binary update mechanism supported well by the OS? Increasing the speed of releases is good. Increasing the number of deployed systems out of date because there are no easy binary upgrade mechanisms is bad. It has been bad, it's getting worse. -- Jo Rhett senior geek SVcolo : Silicon Valley Colocation
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