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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:15:29 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" <hackmiester@hackmiester.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ARRRRGH!  Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?!
Message-ID:  <20060914231529.GA59423@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <E1887D8A-0799-489A-87D1-1304D0D05F2D@hackmiester.com>
References:  <20060909173813.GA1388@FS.denninger.net> <45065C67.6040503@cs.tu-berlin.de> <C9F971C5-50FE-4BF0-9975-83E8072E6C3F@hackmiester.com> <4509A7ED.4090701@cs.tu-berlin.de> <E1887D8A-0799-489A-87D1-1304D0D05F2D@hackmiester.com>

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 05:34:08PM -0500, hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) wrote:
>=20
> On 14 September 2006, at 14:05, Bj?rn K?nig wrote:
>=20
> >hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) schrieb:
> >>On 12 September 2006, at 02:06, Bj?rn K?nig wrote:
> >>>Karl Denninger schrieb:
> >>>
> >>>>This is not cool folks.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I think you misunderstood what -STABLE means. (Or maybe I do?)
> >>>
> >>>-STABLE is still a development branch without guarantee of a =20
> >>>stable  and working operating system.
> >>Hahahahaha... That's ironic...
> >
> >That wasn't meant to be ironic. Years of experience and =20
> >observations of development lead to this conclusion.
>=20
> RIght. All i can say, though, is that someone that doesn't know any =20
> better would probably not think "Oh! That means that upgrades are =20
> possible between releases, and not that my system will actually run, =20
> or anything!"
> It just seems it'd be quite a cause of confusion.

Anyone who is confused but doesn't attempt to enlighten themselves by
reading the provided documentation deserves to stay confused :)

Kris

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