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Date:      Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:17:52 -0400
From:      "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
To:        "Mark Linimon" <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: kern/79539: 5.3 nfs tasks running and not selected at install time
Message-ID:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEHPHDAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0504042117270.10551-100000@pancho>

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On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Joe wrote:

> This was reported 1/16/2004 in 5.2 RC2 as Problem Report
kern/61438 and
> somebody lowered its importance so it has never been addressed.

There is a myth that setting the priority obligates any developer to
work on any open PR.  In actuality FreeBSD is developed and
maintained
almost completely by volunteers and as such no one is really
obligated
to work on anything.

> Why have a "RC" version if problems are not going to be addressed
> and fixed before becoming a release version.

Many problems do indeed get addressed during an RC period.  In
particular
the QA cycles for 5.2 and 5.3 fixed dozens if not hundreds of
problems.
But if we waited until every single problem was fixed we would never
release any versions whatsoever.

We do the best we can given the available volunteers and beyond that
there is really no guarantee.

mcl
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Linimon [mailto:linimon@lonesome.com]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:22 PM
To: Joe
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/79539: 5.3 nfs tasks running and not selected at
install time
Well thanks for the history lesson, but can it get address and fixed
for the 5.4 release?




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