From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 03:17:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EEC16A4CE; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 03:17:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2CF43D2F; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 03:17:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.81]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050405031753.BJDW5402.mta11.adelphia.net@barbish>; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:17:53 -0400 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Mark Linimon" Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:17:52 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: kern/79539: 5.3 nfs tasks running and not selected at install time X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 03:17:54 -0000 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?