From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 31 6:31:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5C837B69E for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:31:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12b2SY-0003b3-00; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:31:38 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA21804; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:31:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:31:37 +0100 From: J McKitrick To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: Kiril Mitev , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stability and versions - was Re: Let 3.x die ASAP? Message-ID: <20000331153137.C21703@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from steveo@eircom.net on Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 09:47:05PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think the only thing that needs inserted in the handbook (if it isn;t there already, i haven't checked) is something that has been said before: "STABLE" refers to the code base, NOT the stability of systems running it. Simple concept, deep meaning. Newbies should understand (as is clearly stated in the handbook) that -current is not a new toy or a whizbang version with all the newest gadgets. And they,as well as intermediate users, should understand that -stable means all the features that will be included in this branch are done, and now are being debugged and maintained (post-beta bugs, of course). jm -- -------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Pure... unrefined... spice.... -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message