Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 15:59:05 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "chad@dcfinc.com" <chad@dcfinc.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Requisite steps for tracking -stable Message-ID: <199809012000.QAA10966@laker.net>
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On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:03:57 -0700 (MST), Chad R. Larson wrote: >> Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >> > This seems like an escalation of responsibility for the user. >> > I've read (and agree) that tracking -stable without subscribing to the >> > stable mailing list is asking for whatever you get. I'd never heard a >> > requirement for reading the CVS logs before. >> If it's not a documented requirement, I agree that it should be. >> Running -current or -stable for the uninitiated is just too dangerous >> and I definitely forsee a day when cvsup won't even touch your source >> tree until it's verified that you performed all the requisite steps. >> >> So, to make things as clear as possible, what are all the requisite >> steps? I, too, was under the impression subscribing to freebsd-stable >> would be enough to keep track of vital information regarding the >> -stable tree. If there is something else that must be done, this >> should be detailed somewhere obvious, like the Handbook. > >I'd offer another (perhaps obvious) suggestion. The requirements to >track -current might include reading the CVS logs while tracking -stable >probably shouldn't. > >Keep in mind that the differences in -stable users and -current users. >The current guys are happy to be bleeding edge, want the >latest-n-greatest and/or are actively working on code (and reading >-hackers, we'd hope). > >The -stable guys aren't necessarily able to spend a lot of time keeping >up. They're running production on their boxes, not entertaining >themselves with O/S development. That's =why= they're running -stable. What he said !! (I'm seconding the motion). I'd like to see daily or weekly summaries from the logs posted to -stable. I wan't to build -stable as infrequently as I can, but I don't have the time to wade thru cvs-logs and read/answer -questions. I'd hate to stop answering -questions, just to have the time to keep myself -stable... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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