Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:58:40 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't test rc. Should release be delayed? Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010420105348.028bce80@pop.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <200104201553.f3KFr4c04990@ptavv.es.net>
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At 08:53 AM 4/20/2001 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: >Seems like nobody has been able to reach ftp.freebsd.org for many >hours and before connectivity was lost, performance made downloading >the ISO nearly impossible. I tried to download rc4, and even from a 1 meg line the ETA was near 16 hours. I then took a dig at the mirrors, but they either didn't carry the ISO, or it was listed as some ridiculous size - 40 megs or so. >I hate to suggest this, but I think there should be a delay in 4.3 >until there is a better chance for people to get the ISO and test it >out. At the moment 4.3 looks like a potentially excellent release. I'd >hate to see some trivial glitch in the final release mess that up >because the final RC was almost completely untested. If the release team thinks more time is needed, take it. A 'release date' is nothing more than an arbitrary number, and I think everyone would prefer a slightly-delayed quality product than an on-time one with problems. We're not talking about months or years of waiting; a few days or a week or two is a very acceptable delay. >Just my $.02US. > >R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) >E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 --chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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