Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 16:36:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> To: Martin Jangowski <bsd@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a perceived need for a 2.1.8 release? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970419163411.8637G-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.970419185000.21106A-100000@birdland.rhein-neckar.de>
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On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Martin Jangowski wrote: > > > > The -stable branch seems to be ticking along still, something which I > > think is *good* since many customers of 2.1.7 still need a place to go > > for the critical bug fixes and -stable is a fine place to get them > > from, but I'm wondering if Yet Another Release along that branch (and > > I'm going to wise up and stop referring to anything on this branch as > > "the last release" :-) would be merited. > > > > [...] > > > > > Anyway, given that proviso, what do those who are still running 2.1.x > > think of this? > > > > > Of course! As master over 11 heavily loaded machines, all running 2.1.7.1 > very successfully, I can't see myself changing them all to 2.2.x. I think > that 2.1.7.1 is going to stay for a long time, so I'd appreciate the idea > of fixing security bugs in the 2.1.x-line very much. > > Martin > > | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de | > | Voice: +49 621/53 95 06 Fax: +49 621/53 95 07 | > | Snail Mail: Koenigsbacher Str. 16 D-67067 Ludwigshafen Germany | > | RNInet e.V. Rhein-Neckar Internet | > > > That's not the point. Fixes will put committed to 2.1-stable as long as developers work on it. The point is whether this should be converted into releases once in a while. Considering the downtime a re-install causes, I would guess that nearly everyone would much rather keep 2.1.x systems up to date via cvsup. Tom
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