Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:09:49 -0500 From: Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BETA induced nervousness Message-ID: <20010316160949.A3791@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <20010316214210.5a3dc591.steveo@eircom.net>; from steveo@eircom.net on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:42:10PM %2B0100 References: <20010316214210.5a3dc591.steveo@eircom.net>
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 at 21:42:10 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Picking a recent example:
>
> Saverio Perugini <sperugin@csgrad.cs.vt.edu> writes:
> > What is a BETA system? Is it similiar to CURRENT?
>
> We get a lot of this sort of thing every time a release rolls,
> an idea crossed my mind, perhaps if during BETA and RC phases
> /etc/motd were to carry a big message like
>
> ----------------------
> DO NOT PANIC - BETA is a normal phase that STABLE goes through prior
> to the rolling of a release. If anything it is *MORE* stable than
> usual during BETA as all changes are monitered by the release
> engineer.
> ----------------------
>
> Changing BETA to RC as appropriate. It *might* reduce the
> effect, worth a try ?
This would be wonderful. It should cut down dramatically on the 3.7
million "MY FBSD IZ BORKEN CUZ IT SAYZ -BETA N I WANT -STABLE FIX IT NOW
K PLZ THX" (I think I hung out with Alfred too much :-) emails to this
list and -questions.
Perhaps even pointing something towards the FAQ entry on this would
help.
The only problem is see doing this is that:
1) Not everyone will run mergemaster afterwards. It doesn't matter
whether they should or not, many just won't.
2) Not everyone who does run mergemaster will update their /etc/motd
(like me).
So, the question is.. how can we get something like this to the most
people without printing that section of the FAQ and stapling it to their
foreheads?
- jim
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