Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 09:48:58 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How long for -stable [ Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c ] Message-ID: <20001004094858.I26605@puck.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20001004000827.B27736@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 12:08:27AM -0700 References: <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> <85378.970625261@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001003192158.A14805@freefall.freebsd.org> <200010040349.VAA27923@nomad.yogotech.com> <20001004000827.B27736@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 12:08:27AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > However, I didn't bother making the fix available because I felt it > > might give people the wrong impression. Just because *I* am willing to > > support a really old release such as FreeBSD 2, I still feel the users > > should be 'encouraged' to use newer releases. By not making those fixes > > available (which were in fact rather trivial to do), those folks who > > aren't capable of fixing the bugs will be more likely to upgrade their > > systems to a newer 'more supported' release. > > > > I think supporting older releases *really* needs to be done by a > > commercial entity (or at least folks who have a commercial stake in > > seeing it done), since the majority of developers are in it for the > > development fun, and product support is all but fun. :( > > I think it's a bit selfish of you to keep these fixes to yourself, > and it's the wrong attitude to have especially if you're confident > about a fix, there's always people stuck with ancient releases in > production and could use the help. I agree with Alfred, and think that this sort of "social engineering" is not acceptable in a project like this. -- Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> - Physics Computer Network wench The Universal Answer to All Problems - "It has something to do with physics." -- Comic on door of Room 240, Physics Building, Purdue University To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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