Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:03:13 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk> To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: bugs@ns1.win.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Release stability (fwd) Message-ID: <199504211903.UAA11946@isl.cf.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <2448.798449695@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Apr 21, 95 00:34:55 am
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who said > > > In the old DEC world there was a three piece cycle that was followed > > many times. A feature release followed by a robustness release. There > > was also a performance release that followed the robustness release. > > > > The focus was shifted during each release to concentrate on the > > primary goal of that release. Customers knew what to expect in > > general terms. > > > > We seem to be trying to do all three simultaneously and I don't think > > its really possible to do. > > This is about the best general summary of the situation I've seen yet. > > Yes, I think that a new/stable/fast cycle of 3 has a lot to be said > for it. What would people say to us going to the following numbering > scheme in support of this? > > <rel>.<0,1,2[,3..]>[.<snap>] This is a very nice idea but it's going to take a lot of organisation on our part. First, development would cease for a large part of the year unless the tree is branched and new code went in on the future .0 tree. Second, who's going to continue doing the bug fix and later performance development. We don't currently have people interested in doing that sort of thing, everyone wants to play with the new toys. Hmmm, the idea would be right if we had a commercial setup but we don't, still need more thought to get this right. The numbering scheme's OK though :-) -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, URL: http://isl.cf.ac.uk/~paul/ Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.
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