Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:25:28 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com>, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More BETA evilness Re: BETA induced nervousness Message-ID: <20010316142527.B1278@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103161601220.26609-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>; from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:08:41PM -0600 References: <20010316134113.I29888@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103161601220.26609-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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--wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:08:41PM -0600, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >=20 > > (moved to -arch because...) > > > > FYI I'm fighting this cause on the -arch list, I've just quoted > > this message and added cc's to the people who have the authority > > to fix it. > > > > I want to be clear that it's not just me that's irritated by this. > > > > My current solution is instead of -BETA have -STABLE-RC, the > > '-RC' is there to give knowledgeable people a heads-up and > > the '-STABLE' is prominent enough to reduce the amount of > > concern. >=20 > That would probably lead to some amount of confusion as well, since > the combination of "4.3" and "STABLE" anywhere would seem to indicate > a post-4.3-RELEASE state (hence 4.3-STABLE), while we are actually > talking about a pre-release state. If it were 4.2-STABLE-RC, that > would make sense, but then you don't have the version number bump that > is needed to test ports, as was pointed out. Maybe "4.3-ALMOST-THERE" > or "4.3-NOT-QUITE"? :-) 4.3-PRERELEASE. Explains exactly what it is, and does so without the negative connotations of -BETA. Kris --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6spLXWry0BWjoQKURAv+lAJ0a79gQ1cSwAtjGy5xmahcZ5WVi4QCcD/+O 9khIJnJ6mU4T5ZJkDWef9XM= =x3hO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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