From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Jan 27 18:15:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from majordomo2.umd.edu (majordomo2.umd.edu [128.8.10.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D18D15C22 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:15:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from howardjp@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (root@rac9.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.149]) by majordomo2.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA15175; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:15:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA07588; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:15:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (howardjp@localhost) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA07582; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:15:26 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac9.wam.umd.edu: howardjp owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:15:26 -0500 (EST) From: James Howard To: "James A. Mutter" Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another advocacy opportunity In-Reply-To: <3890C38E.F15286CD@ds.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, James A. Mutter wrote: > > FreeBSD is developed by a group of over 150 volunteers who work on > > an ongoing basis to ensure its reliability and stability. Two separate > > versions are developed simultaneously. The first, called FreeBSD-STABLE, > > is slowly moving, but more stable and reliable than the second. The > > second, called FreeBSD-CURRENT, is less stable and more prone to problems > > than -STABLE. -CURRENT also includes the latest drivers and features, > > but with less testing. All changes made to -CURRENT migrate to -STABLE > > after significant testing. With over 100 updates, additions, and bug > > fixes made to the two branches each day, several easy and simple means > > of keeping a FreeBSD installation updated have been developed, each > > with a distinct niche. Additionally, daily snapshots of both branches > > are released via the Internet for testing and usage, as well as regularly > > scheduled releases. > > I don't like the statement that FreeBSD-STABLE is "more stable and > reliable than the second". It implies that FreeBSD-Current is not > stable and that FreeBSD-Stable is only marginally better than > FreeBSD-Current. I wouldn't even mention stability problems with > -STABLE (I think that this is fair) and then I would recharacterize > -CURRENT as a developers only release where new feature/ideas/concepts > are properly tested before being merged into the -STABLE branch. How does this revised version strike you: FreeBSD is developed by a group of over 150 volunteers who work on an ongoing basis to ensure its reliability and stability. Two separate versions are developed simultaneously. The first, called FreeBSD-STABLE is targetted and end users and professionals. The second, FreeBSD-CURRENT, is aimed at developers and testers often including new ideas and features. -CURRENT also includes the latest drivers and but with less testing. All changes made to -CURRENT migrate to -STABLE after significant testing. With over 100 updates, additions, and bug fixes made to the two branches each day, several easy and simple means of keeping a FreeBSD installation updated have been developed, each with a distinct niche. Additionally, daily snapshots of both branches are released via the Internet for testing and usage, as well as regularly scheduled releases. I onyl changed a couple sentences, but this sounds a lot better in my opinion. What do you think? > > FreeBSD can meet the needs of large and industrial servers for most > > potential users. The enormous number of available applications makes > > it attractive as a workstation as well. The rapid and stable development > > of FreeBSD to support new hardware, fix bugs, and improve performance > > shows no signs of slowing down. FreeBSD should be on your to do list. > > For more information about FreeBSD or to download it for free, point > > your web browser to http://www.freebsd.com. > > Again, just a wording issue, but I would change the first sentence to: > FreeBSD consistently meets the needs .. for it's users... Good call, done. Thank you, J To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message