Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:07:35 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <20000424150734.Y397@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <00042414022801.09427@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:02:28PM -0500 References: <200004231909.MAA09128@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <00042404464300.09955@nomad.dataplex.net> <20000424144441.W397@jade.chc-chimes.com> <00042414022801.09427@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:02:28PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > That is also partly why you are also lacking the respect and support of a > wider audience. If you act like FreeBSD is just a "developer's sandbox", > that's what it will be. If you want it to be something greater than that, you > must consider what you are doing to third party developers and end users. Developers and early adopters are the ones tracking -STABLE. Users are installing binary snapshots and releases. No-one in their right mind would release a module for "4.0-STABLE sometime between april and may". They release for 4.0-RELEASE or 4.1-RELEASE, this would not cause problems for those people. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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