Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:32:44 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, nate@mt.sri.com, jak@cetlink.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Message-ID: <19971204113244.09166@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <199712041631.KAA18408@home.dragondata.com>; from Kevin Day on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 10:31:31AM -0600 References: <14639.881228417@time.cdrom.com> <199712041631.KAA18408@home.dragondata.com>
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On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 10:31:31AM -0600, Kevin Day wrote: > > > No, but consider someone who hasn't made up their mind yet, and knows > > > little/none about the current OS'es out there. The point I'm trying to make > > > is that it would, in my mind, help things considerably if there was in > > > interim (beta, maybe?) release of 3.0, with the warning that it's not done. > > > > How is that any different than a snapshot? We even offer them on CD. > > > > Jordan > > > > Snapshots are great, but where are they, and their features mentioned > prominantly on the web page? > > It took a lot of digging to figure out that a SMP kernel was available at > all for me. (I finally found it by going to the SMP home page, where it > mentioned that it was merged into -current) > > Perhaps, i know this is a contradiction, but a 'stable snapshot'? Something > that is grantedly unfinished, and may possibly have bugs, but a release at a > point where you feel it's ok for production servers to use if they *need* a > feature that it has. > > Kevin "make release" hasn't work in quite some time. The current bitch is from the kerberos code. You can't make a snapshot without "make release" running to completion. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost
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