Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:53:46 +0200 From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?! Message-ID: <20060915175346.GF15445@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200609151616.k8FGG23C065997@fire.jhs.private> References: <20060909182831.GA32004@FS.denninger.net> <200609100159.k8A1xAIn089481@drugs.dv.isc.org> <d6895b7d0609140844re8260fel953ddfeff0a9edf8@mail.gmail.com> <450AA29D.9000700@cs.tu-berlin.de> <200609151616.k8FGG23C065997@fire.jhs.private>
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Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Stable is a misnomer that harms FreeBSD somewhat. I agree. > A promoter of FreeBSD I know has long encouraged people to upgrade > from release to stable. Some don't & won't realise Stable is Not > necessarily Stable, & may get burnt. Much of the world speaks English > only as a 2nd language. They won't benefit from the double trouble of > foreign + weird BSD geek speak: "Stable isn't Stable ? Yes or No !" > "It's stable, but it's OK to crash ? - I'll go Linux !" > > Imagine a boat labelled Stable: It sinks. The designers claim: "Tough! > We left the Application Interface (routes to bars & toilets) stable, > but changed other stuff. Hey ! Stable never meant Stable ! > > It'd be some work to eradicate the misnomer, but the name's perhaps > less entrenched than one might guess, eg: > ftp ftp.freebsd.org > cd /pub/FreeBSD > dir > lrwxr-xr-x 1 ftpuser ftpusers 19 Mar 24 14:58 FreeBSD-stable -> branches/4.0-stable > cd FreeBSD-stable > 550 No such directory. Why not rename 'stable' into 'stable-api' ? -- Hans Lambermont
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