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Date:      Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:03:34 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: How long for -stable [ Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c ]
Message-ID:  <20001003190333.Y27736@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001003205159.A20891@FreeBSD.org>; from ade@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:51:59PM -0500
References:  <paul@originative.co.uk> <84222.970618959@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001003174313.U27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001003205159.A20891@FreeBSD.org>

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* Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> [001003 18:52] wrote:
> [cc's trimmed a little]
> 
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:43:13PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > Might I suggest it'd be pretty helpful to have a couple of speedy
> > 3.x (and probably 4.x) boxes set up some place with console access
> > to make these types of fixes easier for our developers lacking in
> > hardware resources.
> 
> What about ports?  How do you propose that they be tested, as opposed
> to "it-compiles-so-ship-it" on these 3.x boxes if, say, the developer
> in question only runs 4.x boxes, with a single not-yet-built 5.x box
> for when 5.x settles down?
> 
> Or can we stick with the current ports policy of tracking -stable
> and -current only, with a good luck to everyone else?  And what does
> this policy mean anyway when we have two -stables, with the package
> building cluster building for three environments?

I think the current ports situation is fine, personally I'd love to
see most ports that have existed since a specific branch continue
to work on those branches, but that's not very realistic of me.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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