From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 20:42:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD1416A421 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:42:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822BC13C442 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:42:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so952171wra for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:42:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eYPLt00yrxKVJ/fCXyu4P0umypt/y4AQm/v3UWtTiXRXTHsnZ02puxF0LRqrWgqeM44ar9ANdeQJiVi7MIxoUB5PB2kvhMU/6Azan2+MTF90cZbaEsZUdk2d2mKO8VC9W8+jK5YuwkQBjEsagblfbpVZSKCeFdVsNp0FkNhMHas= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cakpdi6fc88N7h1jqqwyDLEFpg4hVEfIXtlGjzm0gp2Elsx3D7nr4Nyu4eNET+uhzA9ehoqjMnVc9zRNZncWaZz2g8rThSZG6Nry0xKGTjcfqcQRAtwsUirACJgmKssq/1G0N8rnfFZSB7gsmc5OlwILyJiLKJMZ2BdSDdZJv1U= Received: by 10.90.36.3 with SMTP id j3mr10792980agj.1187642552180; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:42:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.9.14 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:42:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0708201342j3045b8b1j7af5eec3f337b714@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:42:31 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Jerry McAllister" In-Reply-To: <20070820193201.GA45885@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46C83C2F.3060105@fpt.vn> <20070819150415.K15146@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20070820004745.GB39765@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070820145255.GA44640@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <8cb6106e0708201218r35692760na73ba3f6a0633666@mail.gmail.com> <20070820193201.GA45885@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: freebsd 7 release date :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:42:34 -0000 On 8/20/07, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 03:18:55PM -0400, Josh Carroll wrote: > > > > I'm not suggesting we lay out a strict timeline, as I'd much prefer > > > the releases when they're ready, but simply a page saying, 'Hey, > > > FreeBSD x.y release is coming soon, we're currently working on 'blah.'' > > > > Something more than what's here then? > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ > > > > That is helpful, especially the line that says > 'June 2007 Start FreeBSD 7.0 Release Process' > > But another line or two that indicate hoped for release window > that can be updated as that changes would be helpful. The > next couple of lines relating to 6.x would be enough if they > had a date even as loosely approximate as '2007-3Q' or 'November 2007' > or some such instead of plain 'TBA' would be helpful. If if becomes > apparent that November is going to slip, plug in 'January 2008' or > whatever. > > The caveat above is clear and could even be stated more strongly > if that made people taking a stab at a date feel more comfortable. > > ////jerry I'm all for this useful opinion. :) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/