Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:13:30 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! KSE needs more attention Message-ID: <20040606221330.GB97091@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <40C390C4.1000609@freebsd.org> References: <40C36D31.4010003@freebsd.org> <20040606193510.GA95886@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> <40C37F3C.1050602@freebsd.org> <20040606211249.GC96607@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> <40C390C4.1000609@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 03:46:44PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > > > >As for alpha, we don't even seem to be able to degrade it to tier 2 > >without losing face. kris@ has already stopped package builds for it > >for his own sake. > > It's not that there is face to loose on alpha, it's that every time > I announce that alpha is going to be killed unless issues X, Y, and Z > are fixed, someone comes along and fixes X, part of Y, and promises > to fix Z. I don't read anything I haven't read before. People have made promises before and good intentions notwithstanding, you cannot keep a project hostage this way. Degrade alpha and only promote it after people have actually demonstrated that alpha is tier 1 material after all. > At this point, I'm going to advocate that Alpha be dropped from Tier-1 > status for 5.3 and 5-STABLE and no longer be a blocking item for > releases. Just *do* it. You've been advocating for way too long. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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