Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 00:17:42 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Subject: Re: RELENG_4_3 calls itself -RELEASE? Message-ID: <01080500174200.00489@spatula.home> In-Reply-To: <20010804141323.D16994@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <20010803135402.94163.qmail@web14001.mail.yahoo.com> <3B6BFF94.F11BBACE@iowna.com> <20010804141323.D16994@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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On Saturday 04 August 2001 10:13 pm, Chad R. Larson wrote: > Just as an aside, the FreeBSD project and core group seem to have an > enormous resistance to changing how anything is done. There's a > "we've always done it this way, it works for us, if you can't figure > it out--tough" attitude. That may be a Good Thing, as it brings > stability to the project and we all don't wind up chasing the Latest > Thing. But just don't be disappointed if this whole thread results > in no changes. I don't think I've ever seen change initiated by > non-committers. I think there is probably some amount of truth in this. I feel FreeBSD is very conservative in nature, and there is a healthy resistance to change. But that is no reason to presume that core are unreceptive, just that change will have to make a very good case. :-) Going back to the case in hand, we have had a 3-point naming scheme before. See 2.2.6-R, 2.2.7-R etc.. And going back to that system might confuse matters, as we used to call development branches by two digits (eg 2.2) and now it is just one (eg 3 and 4). Going back to 3 digit release numbers (4.4.1) might confuse people, and is probably something best avoided. Seeing as Jordan and Kris have agreed to change the name, I definately feel that 4.4-RELEASE-p1 or similar makes the best sense all round, as patches to (but no extra functionality) 4.4-RELEASE is exactly what RELENG_4_4 is. Plus it doesn't sound more secure as -SECURITY would, and will always become lexically bigger as the patch level increases. -- Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> http://sour.cream.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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