Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 12:47:13 -0400 From: Glen Foster <gfoster@osmre.gov> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Release stability Message-ID: <199504201647.MAA18678@nomad.osmre.gov>
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Features are nice to have but the measure of any operating system is how dependable it is. In my book features account for about 20% and dependability (in which I include both predictability and stability) about 80% of the "quality" of a release. Please, please, please do not compromise the quality of 2.1. If I remember correctly, the CSRG releases were "odd number == features added, even number == stable versions of the odd number" (actually, maybe it was the other way around :-). This scheme had a lot going for it from the consumer's POV. I suspect it also moderated the expectations of the developers, at least during the bug-fix release cycle. Has (re-)adopting this philosophy been considered by the core group? Glen Foster
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